--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Hodge" <s.hodge@...> wrote:

> Dear Rett,
>
> > To spell out the point of the response, I don't see any obvious

reason to

> > assume
> > that thoughts (citta) are bound by the same space/time

constraints as

> > physical objects.
> No, buit if they operate within time and space, then they must be

subject to

> some kind of restraints. Energy is not a physical object but is

still

> constrainded by time and space.

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Dear Stephen,
at the risk of pointing out the obvious, energy (as defined by
scientists) is rupa - it it not in any sense nama (mentality ), it
is not citta.
Robertk

>
> If cittas exist within the
> time-space continuum of the universe, then they must be subject to

the laws

> of physics in some way. Given that cittas are supposed to be

sa.msk.rta,

> how can they exist outside time and space ?
>
> Best wishes,
> Stephen Hodge