one of the less clear aspects of my practice is the process of death. My teacher and from what I know of Buddhist teachings indicate reincarnation & past lives. These are interesting to me but I don’t have a firm experience with it (such as recalling past lives, or energetic experiences like kundalini awakening).
One book that I have read part way on this subject is called “Zen Physics.” I have only read some of the first part of the book. This part of the book is really cool. The author talks about consciousness, and the nature of the brain. There are some descriptions of brain disorders, and of studies done on such things as people who had their corpus collosum cut, or even more drastic: one whole hemisphere of the cortex removed.
I wasn’t expecting this study of the nature of the brain in this book. I was looking more for an understanding of reincarnation (probably in the second half of the book). However, the stuff in there about the brain has helped me to have less association with the brain. I feel this is one of the hardest places to not identify with. e.g. its pretty easy to see that “I am not my hand”…or “I am not my kidney, heart, liver” etc. But the brain…its harder to understand this one. The book “Zen Physics” is worthwhile to read if you want to crack into the brain and see how it is not you.
“Zen Physics” is out of print. It is available for free on the author’s website.
Pingback: where am I? | Dan Simon's Blog