rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoDrugs leverage the flesh to influence the soul. Meditation flexes the soul directly.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down121
arrow-up1-14arrow-down1message-squareDrugs leverage the flesh to influence the soul. Meditation flexes the soul directly.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-214 hours agoIf anything, I think “mind” might be what you’re looking for. Why complicate things with an indefinable term like soul?
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoWould you like to discuss it?
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 hours agoWhat’s your argument? What’s your experience? I mean, we can investigate this stuff and meditation is pretty amazing. So seriously. Gimme something substantial.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoWhat did I fail to address? The “no the whole concept is just an excuse etc…” or “do you mean mind etc…?”?. Because neither fits the bill. Come on, gimme something solid. Also, are you into meditation?
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 minutes agoYou weren’t listening when I said I did not want to discuss it, and yet here you are, again. Go flex your soul or something.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-211 hours ago“Attention” is a closer match. Mind (or “intellect” if you like) is a play of attention upon thoughts. Soul would be a kind of attention-body.
If anything, I think “mind” might be what you’re looking for. Why complicate things with an indefinable term like soul?
Would you like to discuss it?
No. This is nonsense.
What’s your argument? What’s your experience? I mean, we can investigate this stuff and meditation is pretty amazing.
So seriously. Gimme something substantial.
You were obviously not listening.
What did I fail to address? The “no the whole concept is just an excuse etc…” or “do you mean mind etc…?”?. Because neither fits the bill.
Come on, gimme something solid.
Also, are you into meditation?
You weren’t listening when I said I did not want to discuss it, and yet here you are, again. Go flex your soul or something.
“Attention” is a closer match.
Mind (or “intellect” if you like) is a play of attention upon thoughts.
Soul would be a kind of attention-body.