The tight grip of duality

reply to post by ballsdeep

Its really hard to reply to that in words and not contradict, but I will say it anyway. The poem's main point is grounded on the presumed fact that there is a part of the mind which is pure fantasy and that is commonly taken to be pure reality. Although the poem came forth from pure reality, it is nothing like its mother and never could be.

reply to post by Itisnowagain

Yes this is another way of seeing human reality in a more honest way. We are really fortunate to be able to see all of this, before you would be considered non religeous if you even thought about it. How about that?

reply to post by ancientthunder

In philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which begins with the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical.[1]
Ideas on mind/body dualism are presented in Hebrew Scripture (as early as Genesis 2:7) where the Creator is said to have formed the first human a living, psycho-physical fusion of mind and body--a holisitic dualism. Mind/body dualism is also seen in the writings of Zarathushtra. Plato and Aristotle deal with speculations as to the existence of an incorporeal soul that bore the faculties of intelligence and wisdom. They maintained, for different reasons, that people's "intelligence" (a faculty of the mind or soul) could not be identified with, or explained in terms of, their physical body.[2][3]
A generally well-known version of dualism is attributed to René Descartes (1641), which holds that the mind is a nonphysical substance. Descartes was the first to clearly identify the mind with consciousness and self-awareness and to distinguish this from the brain, which was the seat of intelligence. Hence, he was the first to formulate the mind-body problem in the form in which it exists today.[4] Dualism is contrasted with various kinds of monism, including physicalism and phenomenalism. Substance dualism is contrasted with all forms of materialism, but property dualism may be considered a form of emergent materialism and thus would only be contrasted with non-emergent materialism.[5] This article discusses the various forms of dualism and the arguments which have been made both for and against this thesis.

en.wikipedia.org...(philosophy_of_mind)

I thought you were referring to this.

reply to post by ballsdeep

In a way I am refering to what you are pointing at, but I didnt reach that conclusion in the same way as you. On the other hand I do agree with the general direction you text is pointing to.