Yes, quite so, how would one characterize psychosis in terms of atoms and quarks? Schizophrenia is a uniquely human and philosophical disorder.
I recently finished Hidden Valley Road and one of the interesting things mentioned was the use of nicotine/anabaseine to improve attentional gating. Apparently due to the acetylcholine release in the PFC. Similar effect to modafinil for attentional switching and alertness.
Philosophically, I think it is true that noone can save someone from the torments of a wayward mind. The trick is to overcome this "powerful elephant" with the intelligent use of the mind in the first place, and tranquilize it by studying scripture, satsanga, and renouncing desire/hope. We must identify not with the mind or thoughts, but with what Kant called the noumenal world, the solar existence, pure consciousness.
I recently finished Hidden Valley Road and one of the interesting things mentioned was the use of nicotine/anabaseine to improve attentional gating. Apparently due to the acetylcholine release in the PFC. Similar effect to modafinil for attentional switching and alertness.
Philosophically, I think it is true that noone can save someone from the torments of a wayward mind. The trick is to overcome this "powerful elephant" with the intelligent use of the mind in the first place, and tranquilize it by studying scripture, satsanga, and renouncing desire/hope. We must identify not with the mind or thoughts, but with what Kant called the noumenal world, the solar existence, pure consciousness.