> The following is exactly the kind of rambling that is
> outdated by what
 
I think you missed the point.  It is more of a concept than a reality of how 
the brain functions.  It is trying to say basically that we are not our mind 
or our body and they are not us; we transcend the physical in different 
stages of life and growth and that the physical part of this life is only ONE 
part of what makes us us.  It's not a physical reality concept but a 
spiritual one.  Rather hard to grasp sometimes (ever listen to Deepak 
Chopra?).  WHen I first heard things like this I was very confused and 
fluffed it off as ridiculous but I guess it was something I needed to know 
cause they kept coming back and back until I finally understood in my own 
fashion what the heck they were talking about.  Zen itself is more of a 
spiritual way of living/thinking; doesn't explain brains, body, blood etc. If 
you try and compare our western way of thinking and looking at only what we 
think we know as reality to the eastern way of looking at things as holistic 
(mind, body, spirit), they will be like oil and water.  IF you want to try 
and understand, be more open to things that aren't always physical and 
concrete.
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