QUESTION (resumed) :
The concept of the Observer.
QUESTION (original) :
Hello,
During the sesshin of this summer in Catalonia, you talked about a feeling similar to that when we discover we have been practical joke with a hidden camera.
After the first laughter, at the time of the kusen, I wondered about this analogy and I intuitively thought of having the feeling of it with what you wanted to refer to. On the other hand, I am doubtful with the concept of the observer (which on the other hand I do not feel at all).
Could you inform me about the relation between these two concepts?
Thank you.
Cordially.
ANSWER :
That which was believed to be very important and which was proved it isn’t, is the neocortex; the observer is the reptilian brain.
There are far more connections in the size of a hazel nut of the reptilian brain than those in the whole of the neocortex, however, it is in fact the neocortex which makes us the most advanced beings in the planet. If we can synchronize the reptilian brain and the neocortex, life becomes a miracle.
KOSEN!