Plato maintained in his writings that humans' "intelligence" (a faculty of the mind or soul) could not be identified with, or explained in terms of, their physical body. René Descartes, said that the mind is a non-extended, non-physical substance. He was the first to clearly identify the mind with consciousness and self-awareness, and to distinguish this from the brain, which … [Read more...]
Examining the Mirror of Being
What is the Crux of Being here in this Space-Time? by Ron O. Cook Why Be? What is existence other than knowing you are able to think?Why do we seek to protect the thinking form, from destruction after it has thought something?What is thinking but reviewing actions to maintain the vehicle for future leveraging of the elementals of existence?Why must one be here? … [Read more...]