After a long lifetime in the field of medicine, it would be nice to assure you that most of my colleagues understand the mind/brain dichotomy - but it is not true.
And, as you wisely point out, when we try to use the brain to understand the mind the framework of reference is limited.
The revelation that decreasing the brains “chatter” would lead to an expansion of the mind, seems both rational and intuitive.
MA
nice post dear
psychedelics are hard to explain except superficially
no question to me they are more than just some fluke like the numbing of alcohol or the hyper well being of cocaine or the hazy euphoria of opiates
the notion they were much much more complex than leisure intoxicants is quite true
still though....very potent....and many a constructed conscience is fragile. ....folks may not know but Whitey Bulgher was a govt sponsored acid tester in prison late 50s
how odd...
Thank you. One might say the framework is upside down or backwards. Not many would give credence to what we are suggesting so I guess it's only rational and intuitive to those who have given that POV a try.
Truly objective scientific inquiry should automatically take a look at things in ways that defy the status quo though. Just as a matter of experimentation.