You can't tell people that their behavior is determined by things other than their own selves and then admonish them for not determining their own behavior. You can't have it both ways. — WISDOMfromPO-MO
Okay Rich - so you agree the mind/brain is comprised of the same physical substance as everything else and part of the same structure. So I come back to the original question: how does it create original motion amongst matter already in motion? And if it can, what exactly is directing that motion?[/quote
The mind is exactly what everyone experiences. It is real and it is what is creatingthe impetus to move in a direction by use of will. Will had to be considered fundamental. One can say there is a universal mind (analogous to an ocean) which has within it many minds (the waves in the ocean). — Mike Adams
"t is what is creatingthe impetus to move in a direction by use of will." - how (scientifically/mechanically speaking) does it do that? — Mike Adams
It is exactly, precisely what is happening. There are influences coming from all over the place (not just psychological) and then the mind makes a choice as to which direction to exert some willful energy. The choice manifests as an act of will in a direction. — Rich
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