Comment Thirty

From Barbelith

30. The phenomenal world does not exist; it is a hypostasis of the information processed by the Mind.

(chris23) Another common tenet of Eastern Mysticism. Buddhism refers to Maya - the illusion of forms. INteresting to note the use of the term "hypostasis". Here's the common definition:

hy·pos·ta·sis

A settling of solid particles in a fluid. Something that settles to the bottom of a fluid; sediment.

Philosophy - The substance, essence, or underlying reality.

Christianity - Any of the persons of the Trinity. The essential person of Jesus in which his human and divine natures are united. Something that has been hypostatized.

Medicine - The settling of blood in the lower part of an organ or the body as a result of decreased blood flow.

Genetics - A condition in which the action of one gene conceals or suppresses the action of another gene that is not its allele but that affects the same part or biochemical process in an organism.