We know the Mind does these things but the question is How does it do it? — SteveKlinko
I'm not sure what view you're attributing to the materialists here. — Cabbage Farmer
I've never heard a materialist claim that consciousness is constituted by any sort of matter in any sort of motion. I'll agree they say that very specific sorts of matter in very specific sorts of motion constitute consciousness. But that claim's not the same as the less discriminate one you've sought to pin on the materialists in generating this farfetched argument. — Cabbage Farmer
Consciousness is not personal or local, "consciousness" describes a process that includes the brain but is not limited to it - one's consciousness of an external object is a particular ad hoc physical process that includes the object, that induces it to exist in a way it wouldn't on its own, or in its interaction with some other object. — gurugeorge
If you're a materialist, then the world has parts, parts meaning you and other objects. Your consciousness must necessarily be in the same form -- it obeys space-time principle. It is local and individual. This is not negotiable. You can't argue your way out of this. I don't know why we keep beating around the bush. — Caldwell
Are you saying Socialism is possible, or are you saying it is never possible? — René Descartes
What do you mean? — René Descartes
Is consciousness nothing more than a particular method of memory access? — Tyler
Is this a new question? Because in your opening post, you took it for granted there is consciousness. You were asking for why consciousness is local/or individual, not a streaming live on anywhere.
So, explain this question to me. Are you asking the cause of consciousness? — Caldwell
No. — Caldwell
Basically, Mind creates waves (Yin/Yang) and starts moving the waves with energy (Qi) and hence begins creation. Spot on and only 2500 years ago. — Rich
There are free PDF files available for all of Henri Bergson's works, his most famous being Creative Evolution. For a very good explanation just watch Stephen Robbins' videos on YouTube. — Rich
The story of the beginning from the Dao De Jing. — Rich
I've mentioned Bergson quite often so I figure if someone is interested they will read him directly, which is the only way to learn and develop one's own metaphysical ontology. What I am describing is mine in which draws from many sources including my own practices as well as my own thoughts. — Rich
No. Manifold -- containing different parts. Not one continuous existence. Though the parts may interact, they do not occupy the same space and time... — Caldwell
The Tao begot one. (Mind begins to move)
One begot two. (Yin/Yang, positive/negative, opposites, a wave form
Two begot three. (Yin/Yang/Qi, polarity and energy, a moving wave form, mind/will
And three begot the ten thousand things. (Spiraling, vibrating waves create everything.
The ten thousand things carry yin and embrace yang. (Everything is composed of moving waves)
They achieve harmony by combining these forces. — Rich
Hey, wait a minute there. I am imperfect, does that mean that I have no chance of changing.
Man, I am so screwed. — Sir2u
Essentially, it could become perfect again upon its completion or re-completion. — Lone Wolf
So perfection is not the end
— bahman
The end of what? — Sir2u
and you need to say what is wrong with my argument.
— bahman
I doubt that there is anything wrong with your argument. — Sir2u
There are similarities in differences and differences in similarities as there are between vapor and ice. The experiencer and subject are the eyes looking upon the body. — Rich
Okay, so what do you tell the materialists? How do you resolve it? Tell the materialists that since process is not identical with the particles, then necessarily, by claiming there are particles, they admit to space-time existence. Since they admit to space-time existence, then the world is a manifold. And what do you get in world with parts, with atoms, with which you create a picture of reality? Individuation of consciousness. — Caldwell
Of course he can, he created the perfect mistake. We are the ones that see it as imperfection. — Sir2u
They are fundamentally different vibrations that we are experiencing. Each with its own form and intensity that it's embedded in the fabric of the (holographic) universe. In a sense, everything is feeling. — Rich