If I went to Brighton and held up a bright crystal, would it make any difference?
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Crystal healing, programming etc
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So herd instinct dictates morals and truth?
You sound like a typical skeptic. If it sounds wooey then dismiss entirely.
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Hey I never new sarah that well, but thanks for the link. The only aspect i knew was the solg from one of the musicals, "music if the night" IIRC from phanton of the opera.
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What does "just" mean? Is paracetamol "just" chemicals. Is a Picasso "just" paint. The way I see it is the programming is a metaphor for the association of ideas, and also perceptual learning.
Just as the phenomenology of ones wedding ring, or a photo of ones child has unique learned meaning, so "crystal programming" is a form of altering memory and phenomenology.
An analogy would be for instance, in changing from atheism to Buddhism, the view of the world around us would change.
The trick is not to auto skepticise every thing.
In the book "How Pleasure Works" the scientific psychologist P Bloom says a key is to understand the idea of essences. Whether its grand reserve wine vs plonk, coca cola vs pepsi, or a genuine rather than a fraud, or a renowned spiritual healer rather than a charlatan, or a arrow from the battle of hastings opposed to any old piece of wood - essences are an important part of perception.
IN programming a crystal the lady in the video is engaging is essence perception and creative phenomenology.
You as a skeptic have an alternative concept of essence of crystal. Just like if you supported a particular baseball team, or were a buddhist, your view of the essence of a particular fielder, or the dalai lama, would be influenced.
You see "just" where she sees spiritualy significant meaning. There is not an objective fact that says a crystal is just a crystal. Objectively, theres the noumanal so to speak. As subjects we have phenomenology, and "just" is just one more attitude we can take... rather than "the scientific one trademarked".
Spoks is just one more agent on the ship.
You cant neutralise everything with a ghostbusters ray gun. Even if buddhislm is false, the idea of world (pr part of the world, ie crystals) as a programmable crystay still makes sense.
Just as the phenomenology of ones wedding ring, or a photo of ones child has unique learned meaning, so "crystal programming" is a form of altering memory and phenomenology.
An analogy would be for instance, in changing from atheism to Buddhism, the view of the world around us would change.
The trick is not to auto skepticise every thing.
In the book "How Pleasure Works" the scientific psychologist P Bloom says a key is to understand the idea of essences. Whether its grand reserve wine vs plonk, coca cola vs pepsi, or a genuine rather than a fraud, or a renowned spiritual healer rather than a charlatan, or a arrow from the battle of hastings opposed to any old piece of wood - essences are an important part of perception.
IN programming a crystal the lady in the video is engaging is essence perception and creative phenomenology.
You as a skeptic have an alternative concept of essence of crystal. Just like if you supported a particular baseball team, or were a buddhist, your view of the essence of a particular fielder, or the dalai lama, would be influenced.
You see "just" where she sees spiritualy significant meaning. There is not an objective fact that says a crystal is just a crystal. Objectively, theres the noumanal so to speak. As subjects we have phenomenology, and "just" is just one more attitude we can take... rather than "the scientific one trademarked".
Spoks is just one more agent on the ship.
You cant neutralise everything with a ghostbusters ray gun. Even if buddhislm is false, the idea of world (pr part of the world, ie crystals) as a programmable crystay still makes sense.
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Thanks for the interest, I like to discuss.
Well I never actually watched the full video so I am not sure of any specific medical healing claims.
But for me it works like this. Its more like positive thinking, and learning associated with a crystal.
Also suggestion as a non-verbal level as well as the positive idea of healing.
If iI were to say, crystal "crystal-nice" crystal-nice" 1000 times over, the next time I said crystal I would probably be thinking "nice".
So the long term memory is associating the idea of nice with the object crystal. Its been "programmed" and the appearance of the crystal reflects this inner mindset.
A bit like a phobia, or a trauma memory, but in reverse.
Its not a medical healing, as in a cure for cancer etc, but a creation a tranquil mindset associated (by some) with inner health.
Its part of a structuring of total environment.
Well I never actually watched the full video so I am not sure of any specific medical healing claims.
But for me it works like this. Its more like positive thinking, and learning associated with a crystal.
Also suggestion as a non-verbal level as well as the positive idea of healing.
If iI were to say, crystal "crystal-nice" crystal-nice" 1000 times over, the next time I said crystal I would probably be thinking "nice".
So the long term memory is associating the idea of nice with the object crystal. Its been "programmed" and the appearance of the crystal reflects this inner mindset.
A bit like a phobia, or a trauma memory, but in reverse.
Also in hypnosis there is autosuggestion. Like "I am being healed" has a placebo effect, plus its positive psychology.
Its not a medical healing, as in a cure for cancer etc, but a creation a tranquil mindset associated (by some) with inner health.
Its part of a structuring of total environment.
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Well that mostly true but there is such a thing as beauty. I mean, could you imagine turd programming to work except to a dung beetle?
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grasping the after wind
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One can most likely achieve the placebo effect without an actual placebo. The body is capable of healing itself both physically and mentally but the exact means of unlocking that healing mechanism is not yet understood.
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