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Neurosonnet 2001 – Abhijit Naskar – Neurosonnets: The Pocket Book of Consciousness (First Drop)
Neurons giveth,
neurons taketh away.
By neurons we forge self,
with neurons we fade away.
Within neurons cosmos comes to life,
within neurons worlds come to end.
Neurons are building blocks of walls,
as well as the instrument of bridges.
There is not one but two cosmos,
one made by nature, another by neurons.
We are the makers of observable reality,
shaped by hopes and biases of our own.
Neurons are the birthplace of God,
Neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.
Life is a concoction of neurochemistry,
Boon and bane are both our own making.
neurons taketh away.
By neurons we forge self,
with neurons we fade away.
Within neurons cosmos comes to life,
within neurons worlds come to end.
Neurons are building blocks of walls,
as well as the instrument of bridges.
There is not one but two cosmos,
one made by nature, another by neurons.
We are the makers of observable reality,
shaped by hopes and biases of our own.
Neurons are the birthplace of God,
Neurons produce all ghosts and goblins.
Life is a concoction of neurochemistry,
Boon and bane are both our own making.
When Convention is Contaminated – Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
Brain cannot survive the vacuum of space, mind cannot survive the vacuum of time – so the body produces spinal fluid for the brain to float, and the brain produces beliefs for the mind to survive. But while the immune system keeps the spinal fluid sterilized of infection without conscious intervention, brain does nothing to keep beliefs sterilized of prejudice, unless you make it a habit to question convention.
Choose to fight physical infection or not, your body will do it for you, but as for psychological contaminations, you have to fight them yourself – the faculties are already carved in your brain circuits, but you have to be willing to use them, defying the comforting fantasies of convention, that’s how an ape evolves into human.
Choose to fight physical infection or not, your body will do it for you, but as for psychological contaminations, you have to fight them yourself – the faculties are already carved in your brain circuits, but you have to be willing to use them, defying the comforting fantasies of convention, that’s how an ape evolves into human.
