Why does everyone think there are three ‘things’ acting separately? Mind-body-spirit are all one thing. Like…I have a fingernail, knuckles, skin but it’s all a finger. I have five fingers, but it’s really a hand. blah blah blah.
It’s more like flesh, muscle, bone, all part of the finger, but they’re different levels. All are necessary together to create a finger, but they’re all separate. The muscle can tear, but you still have a finger. The bone can break, the finger is still there. The flesh can tear, but the finger remains. The question is, what is more important to protect? One of them is inevitably going to be destroyed, but if there is no skin, the finger is useless. Same goes for muscle or bone. They are separate, but they work together for the same thing. They are destroyed individually by different things. The question is what can I allow to break while I fox myself.
Damn good question. I can’t answer it. But it is a brilliant question. You are right. The body will die, sooner or later, and when it does our brain can no longer sustain the present torment, yet that very same brain pleads for us to live on almost irregardless of the suffering of mind or body. What a conundrum.
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In a way, bodies and minds are both categories at the same time.
Mind: capable of fearing/avoiding death
Mind: capable of suffering and being suicidal
Body: sometimes capable of surviving severe trauma
Body: sometimes capable of instant death via heart attack or stroke.
So I guess we can trust both, while simultaneously treating both with caution.
I realize that didn’t really answer your question, but it’s still interesting to think about. 🙂
I like that analysis. It might have provided more of an answer than you give yourself credit for. Thanks, man.
Why does everyone think there are three ‘things’ acting separately? Mind-body-spirit are all one thing. Like…I have a fingernail, knuckles, skin but it’s all a finger. I have five fingers, but it’s really a hand. blah blah blah.
It’s more like flesh, muscle, bone, all part of the finger, but they’re different levels. All are necessary together to create a finger, but they’re all separate. The muscle can tear, but you still have a finger. The bone can break, the finger is still there. The flesh can tear, but the finger remains. The question is, what is more important to protect? One of them is inevitably going to be destroyed, but if there is no skin, the finger is useless. Same goes for muscle or bone. They are separate, but they work together for the same thing. They are destroyed individually by different things. The question is what can I allow to break while I fox myself.
Damn good question. I can’t answer it. But it is a brilliant question. You are right. The body will die, sooner or later, and when it does our brain can no longer sustain the present torment, yet that very same brain pleads for us to live on almost irregardless of the suffering of mind or body. What a conundrum.