The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131699   Message #2983791
Posted By: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
10-Sep-10 - 05:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: The God Delusion 2010
Subject: RE: BS: The God Delusion 2010
"Or does "I" require some kind of sensory input to exist.
"I" wonder if anyone has attempted any experiments to test that or if it would be possible to design one."

There are yogic techniques called Pratyahara involving intentional forms of sensory deprivation or 'withdrawl of the senses' to achieve 'liberation'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratyahara