Conflicts …
Philo: Sorry I had to rush off last time, but I had an essential fatty-acid crisis developing and needed to grind some flax seed in a hurry.
Estudia: Well, I hope you are feeling better. You look fine. I can’t tell that anything is wrong. Is it your mind or your body that is lacking the essentials?
Philo: Ha, ha, ha, very funny. I see that you have been reading up on this dichotomy we have been discussing. The conflict that arises when men can not distinguish between the man-made and the metaphysically given. Men have throughout the ages wished reality would conform to their desires. They pray for it, they meditate for it, and they wind up not living in this world but dreaming of the better one to come. I told you that if you expect existence to conform to your wish simply because it is your wish, then you are in for a big disappointment. You get the conflict between the “spiritual” and the “material.” These are the two realms of the imaginary existence that has been handed down for centuries. From Plato to present day psychology this theory that there is a conflict between the mind and body has permeated philosophical thought and ordinary living.
Estudia: How did this mind-body conflict get started?
Philo: It is called the theory of mind-body dichotomy and goes back to the beginning of man’s search for meaning. It stems from the primacy-of-consciousness viewpoint.
Estudia: Oh, I get it. Those who think that consciousness creates existence will want and expect existence to comply with their wishes.
Philo: This is the inheritance of Plato. In his dialogs we listen to Timaeus explain to Socrates the formation of the world and he recounts the myth of the demiurge. Matter was in chaos until a creator tries to shape it into a world of perfect beauty but fails. Matter is imperfect and always in conflict with the ideal. This is the thinking that results in the error of turning away from reality and not accepting things as the really are. The metaphysically given, I remind you, is absolute. By not accepting this fact you wind up with the mind-body dichotomy.
Estudia: I don’t accept the primacy of consciousness view. You have convinced me that the axioms are absolute. Existence and only existence exists. I don’t expect things to be what I want just by wishing. I’ll work for what I want while wishing for it. But my wishes will be goals, written down and concretized and visualized by me, not just dreams and whims.
Philo: You should find peace as it is true, “The truth will set you free.” People with you’re your attitude will be in harmony and feel serene with what is. Use your perception to perceive existence as intended and as is only possible. Your senses can’t be out to foil your efforts and make you think things are something other than what they are. Seek the truth and always be honest with yourself first and with others as long as they are worthy of your respect.
Estudia: Well, I hope you are feeling better. You look fine. I can’t tell that anything is wrong. Is it your mind or your body that is lacking the essentials?
Philo: Ha, ha, ha, very funny. I see that you have been reading up on this dichotomy we have been discussing. The conflict that arises when men can not distinguish between the man-made and the metaphysically given. Men have throughout the ages wished reality would conform to their desires. They pray for it, they meditate for it, and they wind up not living in this world but dreaming of the better one to come. I told you that if you expect existence to conform to your wish simply because it is your wish, then you are in for a big disappointment. You get the conflict between the “spiritual” and the “material.” These are the two realms of the imaginary existence that has been handed down for centuries. From Plato to present day psychology this theory that there is a conflict between the mind and body has permeated philosophical thought and ordinary living.
Estudia: How did this mind-body conflict get started?
Philo: It is called the theory of mind-body dichotomy and goes back to the beginning of man’s search for meaning. It stems from the primacy-of-consciousness viewpoint.
Estudia: Oh, I get it. Those who think that consciousness creates existence will want and expect existence to comply with their wishes.
Philo: This is the inheritance of Plato. In his dialogs we listen to Timaeus explain to Socrates the formation of the world and he recounts the myth of the demiurge. Matter was in chaos until a creator tries to shape it into a world of perfect beauty but fails. Matter is imperfect and always in conflict with the ideal. This is the thinking that results in the error of turning away from reality and not accepting things as the really are. The metaphysically given, I remind you, is absolute. By not accepting this fact you wind up with the mind-body dichotomy.
Estudia: I don’t accept the primacy of consciousness view. You have convinced me that the axioms are absolute. Existence and only existence exists. I don’t expect things to be what I want just by wishing. I’ll work for what I want while wishing for it. But my wishes will be goals, written down and concretized and visualized by me, not just dreams and whims.
Philo: You should find peace as it is true, “The truth will set you free.” People with you’re your attitude will be in harmony and feel serene with what is. Use your perception to perceive existence as intended and as is only possible. Your senses can’t be out to foil your efforts and make you think things are something other than what they are. Seek the truth and always be honest with yourself first and with others as long as they are worthy of your respect.
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