What is the mind?
#16
Posted 09 July 2011 - 04:47 AM
The mind is all that you are truly in control of.
(imo)
If you're an adherent of biological determinism this has implications for your mind, basically that you aren't in control of it. However there have been studies which show that consciousness receives information after it has occurred in physical reality. I can't remember the details, but it involved various stimuli and brain scans which showed that "eureka moment", "satori" or understanding to occur momentarily after the event had taken place.
However the mind feeds back into the body, becoming infinitely more confusing.
THEN on top of that you have psychology, ego, id etc.
It's a huge topic, idk how one could address it so briefly :/
Maybe have a read of some Aldous Huxley, chuck in some Jung and that might have covered the basics. Or you could just drop a tab :3
(imo)
If you're an adherent of biological determinism this has implications for your mind, basically that you aren't in control of it. However there have been studies which show that consciousness receives information after it has occurred in physical reality. I can't remember the details, but it involved various stimuli and brain scans which showed that "eureka moment", "satori" or understanding to occur momentarily after the event had taken place.
However the mind feeds back into the body, becoming infinitely more confusing.
THEN on top of that you have psychology, ego, id etc.
It's a huge topic, idk how one could address it so briefly :/
Maybe have a read of some Aldous Huxley, chuck in some Jung and that might have covered the basics. Or you could just drop a tab :3

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