[Buddha-l] redwood trees, memory, and entity-ness

[RonLeifer at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/2005 1:12:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jkirk at spro.net writes:

how we  of
the human species assume that our brand of consciousness is perhaps the  only
one worth pondering.




I have heard a Buddhist definition of consciousness as "that which relates  
to other." It's the best definition I know and it embraces all phenomena, even  
simple positive and negative charges. 
 
Ron Leifer
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