tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667295582801858613.post6046307017427952518..comments2024-03-27T10:47:11.279+00:00Comments on Sapiens Anonym: fun with Windows VistaLephthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957644118179379305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667295582801858613.post-68729187144934042532007-07-07T16:11:00.000+01:002007-07-07T16:11:00.000+01:00of course i want the truth! the search for truth i...of course i want the truth! the search for truth is one of the main driving forces behind my life. i don't believe in past lives, though. this is all the time i got, so i wanna use it for something beneficial at least.<BR/><BR/>that's interesting. are you allowed to tell me who your teacher is? although i'm debating you, i'd be interested to know a little about where you get your ideas. i assume it's fairly obvious where i get mine.<BR/><BR/>ah, yes - what you describe as belief, i was using the word "faith" for. that makes things clearer - though i am slightly disheartened that it's come into the argument. i can't accept faith as a reason to believe.<BR/><BR/>yes, that's the theory of dualism, in a nutshell. i take it you see the mind as a physical thing (which is good, because so do i, although i don't believe in souls.) the reasoning behind my viewpoint - that all our functions come from the biological functions of the brain - is based on the research that's been done with things like EEG rigs, MRIs and CAT scanners. we don't have any function that can't be explained via known means. what's the basis of your belief in souls?<BR/><BR/>any time you wanna stop, by the way, let me know. i would hate to make you feel bad.<BR/><BR/>LLephthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957644118179379305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667295582801858613.post-63783232073590957402007-07-07T00:02:00.000+01:002007-07-07T00:02:00.000+01:00Don't know if I can do this. I'm still learning m...Don't know if I can do this. I'm still learning myself you see. <BR/>It's good to hear you want the truth and from that you'll find it. Maybe not this lifetime but perhaps the next. <BR/>My teacher is a living person. <BR/>My belief, to me, is not a theory. It's more of a inner gut feeling where one believes it's true so they go with it.<BR/><BR/>I was hoping my onion analogy would help you see what I meant about the mind and the soul. They are two different and separate things. <BR/>Soul, our highest faculty and most basic unit of awareness, is trapped-a prisoner in its own home. Its position of supremacy within our constitution has been usurped by our conditioned thinking, our mechanical emotional responses, and our rampant desires which overcome soul by dominating our attention.Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544337064074095302noreply@blogger.com