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- From: popec@korova.freeside.com (Mr. Charlie)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Pagan Belief revisited
- Message-ID: <FP3NuB4w165w@korova.freeside.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 16:47:14 CST
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- cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) writes:
-
- > In article <1992Nov19.191319.25227@radian.uucp> markbr%radian@natinst.com (ma
- > >In article <2B0B2FA3.305@news.service.uci.edu> cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Jani
- > ><snip>
- > >>specifically Hindu ones. What is the opinion of Hinduism on the
- > >>mind/body duality? Are the considered separate, and is the feeding and
- > >>care of one preferred over the other? I ask because I know a woman who
- > >>works at Unex here at UCI who is a Hare Krishna (I may be using this
- > >>term incorrectly strictly speaking, and if so I apologize; this is the
- > >>general way the term is used in the US. If there is a more proper way,
- > >>feel free to tell me). Her opinion is that the mind must be fed and
- > >>that feeding of sensation is not a good thing -- again, a mind/body
- > >>split with which I disagree. I was wondering what general Hinduism says
- > >>about this.
- > >
- > >Yay! Another person who thinks "mind-body" dualism is bunk!
- > >
- > >But, Janis, what does this make us, monolists? Or should that be ...monolith
- >
- > Dunno -- how about "intergrated?" "Connected?" "Wholists (as oppsed to
- > "holists")?" Now that I think about it, "body/mind holists" sounds
- > okay.
- >
- > Blessings where you can find them,
- > Janis
- >
- >
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-
- The word you all are looking for is monist. (Though there are several
- subtly different versions of monism.) Science today is officially monist
- as to the mind/body problem. I.E. there is one substance, that is
- matter. Also realism is usually dragged into the discussion somewhere
- along this point.
-
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