The Immaterial Mind - Page 2

Queen of the Ryche · 03-12-2009, 12:02 PM

I'll have what Phage is having.....puff puff give

lumberjim · 03-12-2009, 12:50 PM

IMO, the awareness of your identity creates your soul.

Pie · 03-12-2009, 01:02 PM

So, the 'soul' is indistinguishable from consciousness?

Pico and ME · 03-12-2009, 01:23 PM

That sounds right.

Pie · 03-12-2009, 02:08 PM

Then what happens when you are unconscious? Or under anesthesia? Is your soul on hiatus?

Pico and ME · 03-12-2009, 02:25 PM

Hmmm. What I meant was...consciousness = being, so then that is all 'soul' is.

Clodfobble · 03-12-2009, 03:04 PM

I have nothing to add except that it would be awesome to talk to conjoined twins about this. If I step on one foot, can they both feel the pain? What if I poke just one ear? Can you knock one unconscious but not the other?

Pie · 03-12-2009, 03:29 PM

Depends on how their nervous system is shared.
The Bunker twins would have had a no-no-yes set of answers, while Lori and George Schappell might have a very different set of answers.

Phage0070 · 03-12-2009, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Then what happens when you are unconscious? Or under anesthesia? Is your soul on hiatus?

Even more interestingly, people with multiple personalities would have more than one soul.

Pie · 03-12-2009, 05:11 PM

I'm a quad-core brain!

Cicero · 03-13-2009, 02:02 PM

I think in terms of "essence" attached to a limited "Dasein".

sugarpop · 03-14-2009, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

You are God. There is no God outside of self.

Namaste.

sugarpop · 03-14-2009, 02:09 AM

How do you explain when the soul leaves the body? Don't laugh,it's actually happened to me before.

03-14-2009, 03:15 AM

And just where did it think it was going?

"Return to sender, address unknown.
No such number, no such zone."

DanaC · 03-14-2009, 07:37 AM

I'll have to do some digging for the story, Sugar, but I read recently about a series of experiments in which the experience of leaving the body was recreated. I'm not sure if they were using chemical or electrical stimulation of the relevant brain area, but apparently it was a very strange experience for the subjects.

03-12-2009, 12:02 PM	#16
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	I'll have what Phage is having.....puff puff give __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

03-12-2009, 12:50 PM	#17
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	IMO, the awareness of your identity creates your soul. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-12-2009, 01:02 PM	#18
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	So, the 'soul' is indistinguishable from consciousness? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-12-2009, 02:08 PM	#20
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Then what happens when you are unconscious? Or under anesthesia? Is your soul on hiatus? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-12-2009, 03:04 PM	#22
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have nothing to add except that it would be awesome to talk to conjoined twins about this. If I step on one foot, can they both feel the pain? What if I poke just one ear? Can you knock one unconscious but not the other? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-12-2009, 01:23 PM	#19
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	That sounds right.

03-12-2009, 02:25 PM	#21
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Hmmm. What I meant was...consciousness = being, so then that is all 'soul' is.

03-12-2009, 03:29 PM	#23
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Depends on how their nervous system is shared. The Bunker twins would have had a no-no-yes set of answers, while Lori and George Schappell might have a very different set of answers. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-12-2009, 05:11 PM	#25
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I'm a quad-core brain! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-13-2009, 02:02 PM	#26
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I think in terms of "essence" attached to a limited "Dasein". __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-14-2009, 02:09 AM	#28
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	How do you explain when the soul leaves the body? Don't laugh,it's actually happened to me before.

03-14-2009, 03:15 AM	#29
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	And just where did it think it was going? "Return to sender, address unknown. No such number, no such zone."

03-14-2009, 07:37 AM	#30
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I'll have to do some digging for the story, Sugar, but I read recently about a series of experiments in which the experience of leaving the body was recreated. I'm not sure if they were using chemical or electrical stimulation of the relevant brain area, but apparently it was a very strange experience for the subjects.

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