In this, Davis was faithful to the spirit of a composer who chose to live on the mental edge, without illusions.
Some of these attitudes are the product of evolutionary adaptations that make us suspicious of strangers; others are the product of unconscious associations built up over time; still others are what psychologist Daniel Kahneman calls "cognitive illusions," mental mechanisms like cognitive bias that operate below our level of awareness.
The lengthy descriptions of cooking that we find in modern literature are a way of artfully representing, rather than actually reproducing, our mental life — a modelled illusion, rather than a snapshot of the thing.
Idealists maintain that the mind is all that exists and that the external world is either mental itself, or an illusion created by the mind.
All definitions of perception are seriously flawed and we cannot rely on it in the way it is defined: we do not have even a reliable method or a dependable criterion to distinguish a genuine perception from a mirage, optical illusion or a mental image (e.g. in hallucination, reminiscence or dream).
Most of all, I am concerned about the utter illusion that better mental services aimed at treating and profiling disturbed people will somehow curb gun homicides in any meaningful way.
The scene was relaxed and playful but there are no illusions about the mental fortitude required to get the best out of the Tham Krabok experience.
Subjects were identified as having agitated delirium if they experienced a short-term mental disturbance marked by confusion, illusions and cerebral excitement.
Some of the most important topics treated are: sanskaras (mental impressions), Maya (the principle of illusion), the nature of the ego, reincarnation, karma, violence and non-violence, meditation, love, discipleship, and God-realization.
