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"It looks as though the most satisfactory working hypothesis about the human mind must follow, to some extent, the Bergsonian model, in which the brain with its associated normal self, acts as a utilitarian device for limiting, and making selections from, the enormous possible world of consciousness, and for canalizing experience into biologically profitable channels."<ref>Huxley, Aldous. | "It looks as though the most satisfactory working hypothesis about the human mind must follow, to some extent, the Bergsonian model, in which the brain with its associated normal self, acts as a utilitarian device for limiting, and making selections from, the enormous possible world of consciousness, and for canalizing experience into biologically profitable channels."<ref>Huxley, Aldous. “1963 Letter to Dr. Humphry Osmond.” In Moksha. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 23 September 2024
Normal Self is a term used by Aldous Huxley to refer to what on the LP we call the Bodily Ego.
Huxley Terms
Aldous Huxley > Applied Mysticism, Mind at Large, Normal Self
Syncretic Terms
Bodily Ego > Acquired Self, Antahkarana, Apparent Ego, Awkward Self, Earthly Self, Elusive Self, Empirical Self, False Personality, Illusory Self, King of the Body, Little Self, Normal Self, Not Self, Outer Self, Personality, Self, Sensual Ego, Subtle Body, Talking Self
Notes
"It looks as though the most satisfactory working hypothesis about the human mind must follow, to some extent, the Bergsonian model, in which the brain with its associated normal self, acts as a utilitarian device for limiting, and making selections from, the enormous possible world of consciousness, and for canalizing experience into biologically profitable channels."[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Huxley, Aldous. “1963 Letter to Dr. Humphry Osmond.” In Moksha. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1999.
