Jeffrey Schwartz's book "You Are Not Your Brain" freed me from OCD. I can attest to his methods working. I'm glad the implications of his research are farther reaching than I originally realized.
***** First he explains neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to change), and then gives you the tools to basically rewire your brain to prevent your compulsions and eventually your obsessions. It works
Master Yoda I bought it. 17 box. I'm not a native English speaker. I hope it will not be too hard (not too many technical words). I have great expectations ! Thank you Yoda !
JUST thinking about this a few days ago!!! I have elements of the 'dark triad' ( narcissism Machiavellianism, psychopathy ) in my family.... Mostly narcissistic behavior. Psychology says that these behaviors are completely unchangeable... As a Christian, I've never believed this.... I may put myself into the habit of behaving and acting a certain way, however ultimately, I am the captain of my own ship. I am culpable, my choices make me who I am. Change is always possible.
@@InspiringPhilosophy As far as what I think questioning what mind is like questioning what a "software" is, looking at individual transistors and electrical circuitory you can't locate a region which produces "software" because it's an illusion, software doesn't exist but it's just simply emergent property. Same way can't mind be the emergent property of neural circuitry?
@@yashaswikulshreshtha1588experience isn’t software, we can understand how exactly software emerges from the hardware we have no such explanation for individual subjective experience.
I think this makes sense. As a counselor who sometimes works with the severe mental disorders, I know that counseling alone is not always the answer. The perfect storm is counseling + medication. The medication treats the brain. The counseling treats the mind. Just one is not normally effective.
You understand that IP is saying that there is no reason to be disabled? His conclusion is that because the brain is plastic we are not slaves to our biology. He says that at around 4 minutes into the video. So if the brain is fully plastic and is controlled by the mind (which he says is different to the brain), then mentally disabled people can be explained how? Not through medication because remember our mind can change our brain. Not through counselling because remember our mind is the only thing that can change our brain. So why don't people with mental handicaps just will themselves better?
@@Sapiensiate “handicaps just will themselves better” What an enormous Straw Man you build in order to prop up this tiny, blind, mindless, ultimately meaningless, accidental arrangement of random atoms and brain chemicals creating the illusion of stable patterns and regularities, you subscribe to. Your world view, your absurdity, your existential crisis and your epistemological crisis not the theists!! Everyone has a right to believe what they want and everyone including theists have a right to find it totally ridiculous, totally nihilistic, totally fatalistic and totally and utterly self refuting….
Excellent research as always. I'm continually impressed by the way that you consistently point toward the research of experts in various fields to gather information and do your analysis. Always a huge step above the vast majority of youtubers who exhibit a kind of Dunning-Kruger effect. But what I find most incredible of *all*, quite literally, is the age we now live in. . and how so many lines of evidence can all converge on one, single, comprehensive world view. The 20th century was dominated by various naive materialistic philosophies. Now, in the 21st century, its time for it to move over, and make room for the evidence.
@@snuffywuffykiss1522 your claims are invalid until proven. The guy was asking for prove your just saying "can't do your homework" which is pretty ignorant and a pathetic response to me. Accusation discarded
1:23 This quote broke my mind. This is huge. People say that the brain is what makes you decide, well then prove it folks. That one experiment/quote alone is the most fascinating thing I have ever heard about the brain.
That quotation is a false statement. Or at least, there is 0 evidence for it, and no reason to believe it is true. That quotation is a statement of a negative - "there is no place in the cerebral cortex where stimulation will cause a patient to decide"?? The only way to prove that would be to stimulate every combination of cells in the cerebral cortex and see if the patient "decides". Also of extreme importance is the fact that the cerebral cortex is only the outer layer of your brain and there's a lot more going on underneath the hood. It's about as irrelevant a statement as one could make. "Decision" in the brain is most likely a complex series of multiple sequential and different brain states. The fact that modern scientists can't - at this time - cause a "decision" feeling using primitive transdermal electrodes is such a weak objection in the face of everything we know about brain function and consciousness that it's almost a joke. Sure, it's an important point to note, if it's still true, that nobody has yet been able to unambiguously reproduce "will" using these methods, but it means virtually nothing give the fact that nobody in brain science probably thinks that human decision making is just a simple activity that occurs in the brain. The case in favor of the brain being the governing structure in your consciousness is just overwhelming, not because everything about the brain is understood, but because time and again the model that makes predictions about consciousness based solely on brain structure is validated and revalidated. Despite what IP says sometimes, there has not, in fact, ever been any data that unambiguously shows that a conscious state precedes a brain state or has no neural correlate. None. That's very favorable to the notion that your brain controls your consciousness. Sure, maybe it would be hard to get such information, given how closely correlated brain states and consciousness are said to be by dualists, but no evidence is no evidence, and you can't score points for your position by simply saying "well, if there were evidence for my position it would be very hard to get so it's no surprise my position has no evidence..." No, that's not scoring points. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
I currently started in a philosophy of mind class and I just got to say that I am so relieved that you did a set of videos on this! When I first approached the mind body problem I did think that Idealism was a persuasive idea, but I had no clue about dualistic-idealism! (I don't know how this view was not even presented in my class?) Truly this is a new and fascinating approach! Thanks for providing the resources as well. I can't wait to get through the rest of your videos.
@@snuffywuffykiss1522 “He Cherry picked and quote mined them” That accusation of “quote mining” and “cherry picking” is beyond ironic and absurd coming from a militant atheist!! As Nietzsche wrote in "Beyond Good and Evil," “No one is such a liar as an indignant man.” Furthermore, the fact is that militant atheism, that is fatalism and epistemological nihilism is a CULT movement hidden behind the cloak of “rationality” and scientism and materialism of the gaps that constantly uses anti religious Soviet hate propaganda left over from the Cold War, that is history revisionism and dishonest memes and buzz words to mock, badger and demonise anyone who challenges its myths and metaphysical presuppositions. It’s no different to debating a recruiter from the church of Scientology who just won’t leave you alone!! I rest my case!!
please do NOT get god tied with this. i hate staunch materialist shitheads but i equally hate religious fundamentalists. only open scientific ideas with empirical evidence can be discussed.
@@estring123 god is an idea so yes it is very possible to get god tied to anything that's how ideas work they bridge the abstract into something with meaning as it turns out humans don't like meaningless things. The reason you don't like god tied to science is god means nothing to you. You don't need meaning to exist so congrats I guess. But you do seek a definite line in life. You need the borders clearly marked or you can't function. The same way religious minded people are stuck with questions so are you with your imaginary ruler of the world. It's pointless to measure the world when it always changes and all measurements do is compare something in relation to something else so the ruler changes too.
The analogy that I use with regard to the interaction between the mind and the brain and why brain damage can affect personality is one between a pianist and a piano. No matter how well trained and talented a pianist (the mind) is, if the piano (the brain) is damaged, he will not be able to produce music.
The brain is the *organ* of the mind. If a particular organ is affected, a person would find it difficult to exercise his powers and would be partially or wholly handicapped. 🙏
I don't agree with everything you say but your videos are truly inspiring, I'm so glad to see christians making rational arguments for their beliefs, apologetics is nothing but good for the world.
Agreed. Diversity in beliefs is always healthy when these beliefs are founded on empiricism and solid enough thinking, even if their interpretations differ from the scientific norm. The last thing we want is to be funneled into one particular way of thinking, only to realize it is a dead end.
If you are atheist I’m glad to see you respect it vs. other nonbelievers who say apologetics are stupid. Thank you for being a good and loving person man.
@@2448redbird That is basically a Jewish culture which they crafted themselves, those things were put to an end during the time of Jesus that was basically why the Jews hated Jesus.
All we need now is scientists to make rational arguments for things like the big bang, abiogenisis and space time - instead of the nonsense currently being taught
@@FStan-co8vv ..Florin.. there really is no good reason to believe in Spiritualism, the Holy Spirit, angels, Satan, or even Jesus.. those who claim to have a personal relationship with Jesus are deluded.. ..Spiritualism, the claim that there is a spiritual realm alongside the material realm in which we live.. there is no good reason to believe that, anymore than we should believe in Santa Claus.. are you on his naughty list?
Your research and documentation is impressive to me so I used to be an auditor and relied much on documentation to resolve question cost. I like the way you cite other people especially people like John Walton and Michael Heiser and I read many of their books and it is indeed edifying and educational to know who to read that you have recommended so it's much a part of my education now that I'm retired and can devote a day to reading a book and can learn quite a bit just by reading when you know who and what to read. I've signed up to be a patron of yours and I count it a privilege based on the true that you present in these videos and on this channel. God bless you.
Brother Michael I have to say that your videos about the mind helped me to make a new approach to the issues of the mind. As a Christian they were really helpful. Thanks.
@@bjmurrey I agree with that, my only position is that for parts of the mind we can not explain, I think the only honest thing we can do is say we dont know whether it is material or not.
You and I are unfolding stories, existing within THE all encompassing universal story... You and I are unfolding minds, existing within THE all encompassing universal mind... There is us, and there is the everything else that is not us... Yet, the everything else that is not us, is also us, because everything we've ever experienced comes from our awareness and experience of the everything else that is not us, but which flows continuously into us... Let us remember we are one with God... Our minds are part of God's mind, we are very holy... Love created us like itself... Love holds no grievances... Forgiveness is the key to happiness!:)
Really helpful video. The use of the word 'soul' can be somewhat loaded since it has religious connections. I find it useful to understand that what is being referred to is an unknown invisible and (as yet) undetectable and non-replicable energy (life) - that nevertheless we know exists by its effects. I provide a metaphor in my book 'What's the Point?' that the physical brain is like the computer systems in the Mandalorian spaceship the Razor Crest. It requires input from an outside agency (the Mandalorian/life/soul) to be switched on and utilised. The output from the computer (the physical brain) creates data (mind) that is then utilised by the Mandalorian to take him on his journey. Paul
Love your channel -- whether one agrees with every argument or not, all of your arguments are all well-reasoned and backed by science. And really, what else could one hope to aspire to? Thank you for your efforts, and please keep up the great work!
I'm very interested in any new studies in relation to this topic, and ADHD. Most days I actually love my ADHD "perks", but there are others I detest having it. The road to balance through some of what we're discovering doesnt seem insane to me, and I'd happily offer myself up as a guinea pig! In regards to the rest of the vid... "...not because there is no ghost, but there is no machine. " Wow. Excited to delve into the chanel. Keep up the good work!
_"...We can see that it was right to dismiss the notion of the Ghost in the Machine, not because there is no Ghost but because there is no Machine."_ LOVE IT!! Such a classy and pithy way of expressing quantum idealism, which (I think) I agree with. Thanks for the quote and for making this video. There's a LOT of great information here! I'm sure I'll refer to it many times in the future. Subscribed.
Pithy yes but to say there is no machine begs the question as to what so called matter really is. Even if it is a product of mind, which I am inclined to agree with, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
I do like the idea of the body as a vehicle and the "real" mind (whatever that is) is the driver. If an air crafts landing gear are jammed, that aircraft just cant land normally and by extension, the pilot cant either - but the pilot is still able to land an aircraft that isnt defective. Experiencing life through a body requires the bodys brain to function - when it doesnt, a mind may not have enough to fiddle with to operate normally (from an external pov). Maybe it will be able to rewire certain parts, maybe it wont know how, maybe it can but over time, maybe it wont notice all the broken parts, etc.
Only that's not how the mind works at all. Purely phenomenologically you can reject this nonsense. Not that it does anything in favour of "free will". It doesn't matter how much magic is involved in your decisions. You still didn't built yourself. You didn't decide on the things that create your decisions.
You are the only one who exsist in this world the whole universe yre living every where u go its all made just for you child you and nobody else take care in your srimulated path!!!
Perhaps the mind, quantum information, etc exist on a higher dimension? Just as the 3rd dimension has a shadow in the 2nd dimension, and the 4th dimension has a shadow in the 3rd dimension, perhaps the mind's shadow in our dimension is the brain, and quantum information's shadow is shadowed/distorted through observation(Uncertainty Principle)?
At the risk of trouncing your pontification, without evidence how do we determine if a 'higher dimension' exists? It could, but right now there's no evidence it does.
@@alankoslowski9473 quantum physics. 7th dimension actually exists. Basically we humans can only perceive so much light and senses you know because if we saw the rest of it we wouldn't be able to process all that information. Everything exists all around us all at the same time, we just experience things differently because of our beliefs and how we expect to see the world based on senses and things like memories, etc. Here is something to think about: visionhelp.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/we-see-through-our-eyes-but-with-our-brains/ Search up Mark Haughton. He has videos and a website about it.
@@chocobochick5390 A 7th dimension exists? Since you're the one making the claim, please provide evidence. I only know of 4: horizontal, vertical, depth, and time. Please show us what the other 3 are. The only Mark Haughton vids I saw were by some nut-job.
@@alankoslowski9473 phys.org/news/2014-03-quantum-entanglement-multiple-dimensions.html An international team directed by researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, with participation from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, has managed to create an entanglement of 103 dimensions with only two photons. The record had been established at 11 dimensions.
There was a documentary I watched, by a nuclear physicist, about quantum physics. As I recall, he talked in part, about the tryptophan molecule in the decision-making process of the brain; that it partly exists in a quantum superposition, and making a decision requires an observer in order to collapse the superposition. He said that the observer is our mind, which must exist separately, in order to be an observer. The question then is, if the mind is observing and creating that decision-making process, what else is it observing and creating?...Everything? This is true that, when I was seven, I believed the light came out of our eyes, and painted the world, then my teacher told me that the light comes into our eyes, and she spoiled everything. I remember that day, and now, five decades later, quantum physics, and the science of quantum consciousness, are telling me that I may well be right, after all.
I want to thank you so much for this video. I am one who suffers from OCD and have for the last 16 years. It is not as bad anymore because in large part due to Shwartz' work and learning that I can train my brain how to think so to speak. So from a personal experience I know this to be true. Another great video man !!!!
@@MrCmon113 “You can train your mind, therefore magic is real and therefore your decisions travel back in time and cause themselves.” Oh the irony!! This is brilliant!! Sorry but your instant hand waving and triggered response to the scientific evidence, not to mention your incoherent attempt at ridicule speaks volumes and is logically fallacious. Look up [Straw Man Fallacy] and [Appeal to Ridicule Fallacy]. What was your POINT again exactly? By sheer coincidence I’ve actually got two new brands of pen right here on my desk which i use for writing down ultimately meaningless and ultimately purposeless comments. A [Richard Dawkins pen] and a [@MrCmon113 pen] they’ve got no POINT!!
Very interesting. I've not heard it expressed this way, neither from this perspective on the majority of other videos on the topic (by believers and non-believers alike) so this was a great listen. I hope you continue on to make this part 1 of 4, too. If so, I look forward to the other videos to come. Thanks for sharing this. Really loved how you ended it. :)
This speaks to the idea of manifest. Ancient religions spoke of this, and my grandmother who was religious but not churchgoing used to tell me as a child that she knew that words are manifest(i.e. thoughts that become things). During DMT trips, users all share similar experiences while still slightly subjective, see or meet what they describe as machine elves. Almost all that meet these machine elves say the same thing....that the machine elves essentially show them manifest and share with the user that they too can manifest. Also, the DMT trips allow one to see the universe for what it is... ever churning fields of manifest. I have done DMT once, and while I didn't achieve what is called a "breakthrough" I was able to see the fields. As a radiation therapist that understands particle physics and empirical science, this understanding has changed forever the way I look at particle physics. There is now a lot of evidence showing that one can "speak"(i.e. think) and manifest.
Hey there IP. Mind = Blown. ;) I've also questioned how the brain and the soul are connected or if there is a correlation. The Phineas Gage case was something that always intrigued me and how that could relate to it. I'm looking forward to the rest in this series! You've got me at the edge of my seat. These videos are always a pure joy to watch. If I was more financially stable I would be a patron. I mean I'm okay. I'm just following a different path that God has me on. When I can, I will. These are wonderful and always thought provoking. I'm trying to learn as much as I can and these videos are full of information. Thank you for doing this. I don't know if I always agree (because there is so much information out there and I need time to understand it) but I'm glad God has set this in your heart. Good luck and God Bless.
Pseudoscience can lead you to any preconceived conclusion. You want the soul to exist and gather ill-understood information to support your claim. This is just bogus
Pseudoscience and sloppy philosophy can lead you to any preconceived conclusion. You want the mind to be completely reducible to brain states and to vanish once those brain states cease, and so you ignore science and philosophical arguments that you dislike in order to maintain your stereotypical physicalism (to be differentiated from Chalmers or Strawson's physicalism...). This is just bogus. You may be tempted to point out that I didn't actually make or engage any argument. Neither did you.
1:20 he could not stimulate the will.... God gave us free will, our choices, decisions and actions can be influenced but the will lies within us. And thanks to God for that! Can you imagine someone else having your will?! God is good, his mysterious works surround us. 🙏🏼🌍❤
Wow, so this "Double-Aspect Idealism" you and Keith Ward are promoting is just double-aspect theory (or as I like to call it double-aspect monism) which was promoted by Baruch Spinoza back in the seventeenth century! I myself have become very interested in double-aspect theory myself. Spinoza believed that the Existence had two aspects, Extension and Mind, which together were to be taken as two of an infinite set of attributes comprising God (or, Nature). This also seems to be the view promoted by Thomas Nagel, C.G. Jung, Wolfgang Pauli, David Bohm and Arthur Schopenhauer. It's also interesting because these views isn't the exact same as the subjective idealism (immaterialism) promoted by Bishop George Berkeley.
***** Interesting. This view I think is also compatible with ontological structural realism? I agree more with this type of idealism then or double-aspect idealism. Recently, I read an essay called "Idealism Without God" and the author of "Idealism Without God" is Helen Yetter-Chappell (Ph.D., Princeton) and she develops a nontheistic (quasi-)Berkeley Idealism. So maybe we can see Berkeley is not quite dead yet.
Happy Lovers This is only if you accept a very specific version of idealism called "subjective idealism". There is much more types of idealism. I do not agree with this specific view and am more of a double-aspect theorist (dual-aspect idealism) or objective idealist. This is much more familiar with the thinkers Thomas Nagel, C.G. Jung, Hegel, Wolfgang Pauli, Baruch Spinoza, David Bohm, Arthur Schopenhauer etc... Schopenhauer and Spinoza mainly has had a huge impact on me when it comes to these specific views and it seems there views keep getting vindicated.
Ok...now I'm getting somewhere. Thank you. Sounds like the reason one would adopt Berkeley's view is because given the problem with both of the other options (substance dualism and realism), we are looking for a cohesive, coherent view that can hold all of the experiences we have without contradiction. If we are experiences God's idea of reality (much like those plugged in to the Matrix experienced the structure created by the Architect), then we have a stable, uniform experience for our exterior playing field in-which we interact with one another. But the world within our own subjective minds can be manipulated (our imagination). My only problem with this idea is that we don't have any objective way to verify this theory. Yes, it seem to solve the problem, but is that enough to adopt it as true?
Some hints to improve videos: [1] I assume most people can't read and listen at the same time. Don't have written statements showing while you're narrating. Allow some silence if you're going to show words, phrases, statements, otherwise most people will miss one or the other: your narration, or the words. [2] I assume most people can't really listen, or focus on to 2 things at the same time very effectively. Music in the background may be able to get around this somewhat, if it's not an intrusive, excitement producing type. If you play music in the background, the fact that you have to reduce the volume substantially also reduces the quality of the music in this case, and turns it into something closer to a nuisance than a support. The kind of fast, urgent and loud intention of the music [this kind of music is intended to be played at a higher volume. At such a low volume, it devolves to more of a noise rather than music] in this video detracts more than anything else, and I have to ignore it in order to listen to your narration. Slow and peaceful music [if you're going to use music at all] would have supported the narration much more powerfully than music that was meant to be loud, dominant, & climactic, but was turned down to allow focus on the narration. This seems to be a recipe for futility and subtle conflict. Also, I think your videos will have more power if the sound is not constant in it's doubled attempt to keep attention. Cut the music out altogether now and then, let it breathe. If you give some breaks to various elements, they will be more powerful [and more artistic] when you bring them back in. That goes for every other element as well. If every second of the video is a full onslaught of every possible medium, it quickly drains the artistic [1st] and emotional [eventually] appeal away. Give it some thought. Otherwise, good effort on the overall presentation and graphics. You have the graphics down pretty well, now just focus on the wise and alternating use of sounds, and let them sync with graphics in a way that is considerate of your audiences attention capacity.
In my head and mind, i've thought this, the only thing that has caused me to think on it over and over is the fact that physical trauma to the brain can cause personality changes. One day i hope to realize an explanation. Good vid i hope more people watch it or listen to it at least. Thank you.
You are onto the explanation. Areas in the brain are clearly responsible for a lot of the stuff people attribute to a 'mind'. The brain itself is such a monumentally interconnected structure that all the circuitry and pathways have not been fully mapped. There is no 'spiritual mind' .. its just unseen (as yet) circuitry and feedback loops that combine to appear more than the sum of their parts - consciousness. But pick apart at each and you will uncover a circuit or biochemical pathway.
@@japooskas the video explaina why this explanation is insufficient. Appealing to complexity is meaningless and is a god of the gaps argument. The research indicates this. Ndes most damningly.
Not just physical trauma. Your personality forms in your childhood and changes through all of your life. And all of what you experience corresponds directly to what information is available in your brain.
Interesting how the brain is still deeply functioning while one is a sleep. Maybe the soul recalibrates the mind and body to function even better as we grow within our 5 senses, yes?
The brain is functioning while sleeping because is dreaming, and we dream because the brain is analyzing and organizing the information that obtain during the day, also while you dreaming the brain prepares you to situations of anxiety.
The Law myoho-renge-kyo represents the identity of what some scientists refer to as the ‘unified field of all consciousnesses’. In other words, it’s a sound vibration that is the essence of all of existence and non-existence, the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the true creator of everything that is, ever was and ever will be, right down to the minutest particles of dust, each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves by tapping directly into it by way of self-produced sound vibration. On the subject of ‘Who or What Is God?’, when we compare the concept of ‘God’, as a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to Nichiren’s teachings, the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people call ‘God’ is our enlightenment, which exists nowhere else but within us. When the disciples asked Jesus where the Kingdom of God is, didn’t he tell them that it was within them? Some say that ‘God’ is an entity that can never be seen. I think that the vast amount of information that is constantly being conveyed via electromagnetic waves gives us proof of how an invisible state of ‘God’ could actually exist. It’s widely known that certain data being relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects, including instant global awareness of something or mass emotional reaction. As well as many other things, it’s also common knowledge that these waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to even enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars. However, none of this is possible without a receiver to decode the information that is being transmitted. Without the receiver, the information would remain impotent. In a very similar way, it’s important for us to have our ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our life, all other life and what we and all else that exists truly is. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach into the core of our enlightenment and switch it on. That’s because the sound vibration of myoho-renge-kyo represents the combination of the three major laws that underlie all existence. Myoho represents the Law of latency and manifestation (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. One state of myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists. This includes our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them, our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re not being expressed, our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma, and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes obvious to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory, whenever we experience or express our emotions, or whenever a good or bad effect manifests from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it simply means that it has come out of the state of ‘myo’ (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s simply the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing something. The second law, renge, governs and controls the functions of myoho, ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect. The two laws of myoho and renge, both functions together simultaneously, as well as underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination, kyo, is what allows the law myoho to be able to integrate with the law renge. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects together all Life and matter, as well as the past, present and future. It is often termed the Universal Law of Communication. Perhaps it could even be compared to the string theory that some scientists now suspect exists. Just as our body cells, thoughts, feelings and all else are constantly fluctuating within us, everything in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux, in accordance with these three laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible for us to calculate or describe. And it doesn't matter how big or small, important or trivial that anything may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of myoho-renge-kyo. These three laws are also the basis of the four fundamental forces and if they didn't function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. Simply put, all forms of existence, including the seasons, day and night, birth, death and so on, are all moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation, rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two universal states of myo and ho in absolute accordance with renge and by way of kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn in accordance with the workings of what the combination myoho-renge-kyo represents. Nam, or Namu, on the other hand, is a password or a key; it allows us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with myoho-renge-kyo. On a more personal basis, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives from moment to moment, as well in our environment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is turning, and rhythmically chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for a minimum of ten minutes daily, anyone can experience actual proof of its positive effects in their life. In so doing, we can pierce through even the thickest layers of our karma and activate our Buddha Nature (the enlightened state). We’re then able to summon forth the wisdom needed to challenge, overcome and change our negative circumstances into positive ones. It brings forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that is preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we truly are, regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexual preference. We are also able to see and understand our circumstances and an environment more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. Actual proof soon becomes apparent to anyone who chants the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo on a regular daily basis. Everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect, so the strength of the result from chanting depends on dedication, sincerity and determination. To explain it more simply, the difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, or producing a song and so on. NB: There are frightening, disturbing sounds and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It's the emotional result from any sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day you are producing a sound vibration that is the password to your true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things, such as your fears and desires etc. The important way to get the best result when chanting is not to see things in a conventional way (difficult to achieve but can be done), rather than reaching out to an external source, you need to reach into your own life and bring your needs and desires to fruition from within, including any help that you may need. Think of it as a seed within you that you are bringing sunshine and water to in order for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s important to understand that everything that we need in life, all the answers and potential to achieve our dreams, already exist within us. ruclips.net/video/6CZ0XJqWRr4/видео.html OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN sings about Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
Fantastic video and very convincing sources too. But I find the loud and epic music really distracting, which is a problem for many of your videos sadly. Still, great stuff.
1. Two entities can only interact if they have overlapping qualities. A physical entity can only interact with another physical entity. 1a. If an entity can be further divided, then it can only consist of interacting entities, otherwise it would consist of two or more disjunct entities. 2. The universe is all of spacetime, and within it all entities with physical qualities. 3. God interacts or interacted with the universe. (this is what scripture says) 4. It follows from 1. and 3. that God has physical qualities. 5. It follows from 1a. and 4. that God only has physical qualities. (There may be non physical entities, but neither the universe, nor God can interact with them. Therefore, anything non-physical is untestable and unknowable.) 6. It follows from 2. and 5. that God is in its entirety part of the universe (which is the sum of all physical entities, and of those only). You can replace God with the soul, the minotaur, or anything you can think about. According to the argument, God, the soul, and the minotaur do exist, at least inside of brains.
When conducting the double slit experiment they concluded that the act of measuring gives defined property to a electron. Means everything in the nature we see is there because we as a conscious mind sees it. So here he says that the brain is just a part of the physical manifestations of the mind and we are not humans with soul but we are souls with human. Because our body exist because our mind sees it, so it all just comes back to one thing I.e. Conciousness and what is it?
The problem of consciousness if people are completely honest is intractible. Any attempts by science to explain consciousness inevitably start with the assumption that other people's statements and behavior is a reliable tool for inquirying into their consciousness. What if a person telling you they are consciously experiencing things really isn't? What if they are only moving their lips and their body in a manner that suggests a normal, conscious human being because of physics while having no actual conscious experience? How would you know? How would you be able to distinguish that? The fact that you conceptualize other people as conscious only shows this is a useful tool for navigating your environment. The model of other people as being conscious may or may not be reality, and since you can never experience things from other people's bodies, since all you can do is imagine what it might be like you can never know whether they are in fact conscious.
Very good video. It seems as though you've read Keith Ward's book, "More than Matter:, which is a great exposition into the dual aspect idealism. If you ever have a chance, you should pick up William Hasker's, "The Emergent Self", which contains some great material you might find interesting. I think on a more fundamental level, a good point to make in future videos is that a conscious agent produced purely by physics and chemistry wouldn't hold any intentional states. In fact, this is the major reason why many philosophers do not hold to eliminative materialism. Thanks for your work.
I have never been a religious person. I could easily be defined as the secular humanist who can be so easily derided in the media. I would always tell my friends that I want to believe, but religion has to also conform to the science around me. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. I find it so refreshing seeing a ministry that is not afraid to allow science as part of their discussion. Have you ever done or considered doing a video about the halographic universe? I would be intrigued to hear you analysis of it. It's exciting to see your ministry providing such thoughtful discussion about their beliefs. I have subscribed and will visit as new video's are added. I have even passed it on to like mined friends of mine who would be interested in your views. Despite what my religious friends might believe about me, I do have an open mind.
Hello, thanks for saying that. I completely agree with you religion cannot kill science. As St. Basil said, nature is the 67 book of the Bible and we should never forget that. I have in fact done some videos on the Holographic universe if you are interested: ruclips.net/video/_ie9musGEqQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/v2Xsp4FRgas/видео.html I also have videos where i argue for evolution if you ever wanted to discuss that topic. Thanks for checking this channel out. Feel free to ask me any questions.
Sure, here is what I have: ruclips.net/video/yf5ovSpS2GU/видео.html I am working on another where I explain the image of God doesn't mean a special creation point. I can explain what Genesis 1:27 means if you want, and show how it is completely compatible with evolution.
I had always viewed it as God creating man in his spiritual image. Don't know that I ever thought about it to relationship to evolution. I certainly would be interested in hearing your interpretation.
keithstl Okay, if the imago dei means spiritual creation then that would mean our spirits are the image of God, right? So that means we would have to spiritually resemble God somehow. So this would mean we are rational, creative, and understand morality, and that is how we would spiritually be the image of God. But there is a serious problem if this is true. If the image of God mean you are rational and understand morality then Satan must also be the image of God. Because He is a rational being that understands morality. But the Bible says only man is the image of God. So what does it mean? Well, the overwhelming majority of old testament scholars say the imago dei has nothing to do with a special creation point. It is a call of election. The imago dei was a point in time when God elected us to be his image bearers, meaning we are His representatives on earth (watch over creation, be good stewards on the earth), we enter into a relationship with Him, and conform to His image. The imago dei means exactly the same thing in the New Testament. Paul even says we are to conform to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). It is an election point in Genesis, just like it is an election point when we are called to be Christians in the New Testament. Christians are the image of God as Paul says, just like in the same way Adam was. So if imago dei means an election point, then there obviously had to be a creature there already in existence for God to elect. Thus, Genesis is not in contradiction with evolution. Ecclesiastes 3:18-19 even directly says man is a beast of the field and both man and beast have the same breath of life. The word in Hebrew for breath is "Nephesh" which means soul. So both man and animal have the same soul and thus the Bible says we are ontologically the same as animals. The only difference is we were elected.
we are 'contingent' observers, and what WE observe contains actual, physical properties as 'created' by the observance of infinite mind. what I don't hear you tackle is, WHY? what is the purpose of this 'realized' observation by infinite mind of a 'physical' universe populated with embodied souls?
Interesting statement> "The soul is not a combination of elements, it is not composed of many atoms, it is of one indivisible substance and therefore eternal. It is entirely out of the order of the physical creation; it is immortal!" ~ Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i Faith
A persuasive discussion of the distinction between mind and brain drawing on scholarly edutainment about neurophysiology. I particularly appreciate the K Ward quotation beginning at 10:32 and the D Hoffman clip beginning at 11:16. Yet, a remarkably weak "case for the soul" that equivocates mind and soul, neither stating any case for that equivocation nor stating that mind soul are the same.
Cemi field theory postulates that the mind is a feedback loop between the brain and its own electromagnetic field. It can explain the problems of mind-body duality and unified perception quite neatly within a physical context.
Thank you for your very useful content. I'm particularly interested in what you think about moral responsibility for people whose bad behavior is a result of a brain injury. For example, should a human court grant them leniency and what would it look like? How do you believe God will judge them? It seems like a bit of a dilemma to me and I'd be interested in knowing what you think. Thanks again.
The problem with this is that it admits a kind of solipsism. If consciousness is all there is then who's to say my consciousness isn't all there is? Not only is the grocery store there when I reach it. I take the same route to reach it each day. If I take an alternate route I won't reach it. This is like unlocking a combination lock. So the grocery store is a pre-existing physical reality.
The origin of the big bang is a thought. Thoughts are acts of creations. Yes you can choose another's thought and make it your own, or you can create brand new thoughts. The space of thoughts are infinite. This is why they cannot be determined. An infinite source provides infinite possibilities continuously without ever running out. When you say we don't have free will? what is the "we" made from? One must clarify what the "thing" that has or has no free will made from before you can say anything about if it does have free will or not. So the steps for a viable approach is. 1. What is the definition of free will? 2. What stuff makes the "thing" that I call me? 3. Does that stuff permit free will? These are my answers to the above 1. What is the definition of fee will. The ability to change space-time 4 dimensionally, that is change past present and future 2.What stuff makes the "thing" that I call me? The thing I call me is a single thing that is made of stuff that can connect simultaneous events as is evident from my ability to see simultaneous event. 3. Does that stuff permit free will? A thing that can connect simultaneous events can operate faster than the speed of light and as such can change past present and future as needed by the definition philpapers.org/rec/DESCAS
If you check NDE’s and past-life regression and astral projection you’ll find that the “mind” or “soul” is fully merged with the physical body and is limited by the body while the body lives. Whatever is true must be true for all things and at all times and explain all facets of reality without contradiction.
As someone who will not take that last leap to faith, I found this video awesome. Good work! I hope we can have some fruitful discussions, as I belong to a very small minority (at least on the internet) that is sick of neuromaniacs and creationists hijacking a beautiful path of discovery and research with endles "debunk"/"anti-debunk" wars. I really don't care if god exists or not. I care for what god can stand for in a positive sense. If I had a god it would be somewhere between Leibniz and Schelling. Most of the times my god is Einsteins god, i.e. a metaphor for the wonder and intelligibilty of Life itself. _Markus Gabriel,_ the philosopher who came up with a name that reflects contemperary philosophy mainstream, calling it _New Realism,_ has written a handy book called *_I_** is Not the Brain.* In it he shows that philosphers _Hegel, Fichte & Schelling,_ had much more sophisticated models of "das Ich" = "the I", than _Freud, Marx, Nietsche_ and _Schopenhauer._ They didn't fall for the early _"neuromania"_ and _"darwinitis",_ as Gabriel calls them, but instead started from the first person experience. Taking these german idealists seriously and integrating them into the following schools of existentialism and postmodernism, is what makes this _New Realism_ different than _Naive Realism._ The difference to Dual-Aspect Idealism is that _New Realism_ rejects any notion of "World." In other words, in New Realism their is no context of all contexts. So even the physical universe is just one context, one _"field of sense"_ in Gabriels terminology. Thus the universe is _also not "the world."_ The universe is simply the set of patterns that physics study. The ontology of _New Realism,_ thus is monoistic in the sense that the existence of everything that is, is defined equally as _"to exist is to appear in a field of sense"_ - (which by the way is improved, generalized form of Freges definition "to exist is to fall under a definition" or "to exist is to be a variable of a function", both of which are simplistic and abstract). But it is also pluralistic in the sense that _"no sense of field exists, that encompasses all other fields of sense."_ So everything that exists, exist in it's own unique sense. This contemporary _Monadism_ opens the door to a new informed realism that _includes_ idealism. Unicorns _do_ exist... in the book and film _The Last Unicorn,_ but also in seminars and documentaries that discuss the morals, the humor, the emotions and the fantasy of the book, film and everything in it. In the words of Markus Gabriel: "By giving up the one idea of a "World," we win back the infinity of everything. And as a byproduct, we get rid of all ideology. For without a "World", _worldviews_ dissappear."
PS: Markus Gabriel also points out one big, big cause of misunderstanding and difficulty of translating _"Geist."_ One meaning of Geist is literately "ghost". But most of the times it is somewhere between "Mind", "Wit" & "Spirit." Most neuromaniacs have just reduced it to "Mind," and then reduce that further to just "Cognition." Which is wrong. On the other hand "Geist" is not completely translateable to "Soul," although it can mean "Spirit." In french it would be "Ésprit." It seems like even the word "Geist" has it's own qualia unique to it's language. =)
I’m curious, with this being said what happens to our memories after the physical body is gone and only our mind (which could be called a soul) is left if memory seems to be part of the brain
Why are so many people in the comments bringing up religion? I'm an atheist, and I loved the concepts in the video because they seem more real than the "free will is an illusion" crap. The stuff in this video explains how there can be free will quite nicely without having to rely on anything religious, it's just good science. There's nothing religious about this video.
Forgive me. I'm not as intelligent as you at all. I'm trying to sink this information all in. My biggest question is this, what about animals? Are they a sole separate from the mind as well, if I understood you correctly? By the way, I myself am a Christian who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm not here to doubt or disprove anything you say. I support you 100%
+hunter wilder I'll try to be as brief as possible, even though it is very complex and hard to explain in human words...you must have your eyes opened like I do (I had beautiful experience regarding our Father...when I was 13 or 14 and from that moment after asking him for knowledge and understanding he left my eyes opened) to understand creation otherwise you will understand only part of it...and you will have lots of unanswered questions since your understanding limits you from having the right responses. At creation God gave us our material body/temple a soul. The soul(mind/consciousness) is our software, and without it our cerebral function cannot work. Animals don't have a soul since they cannot sin, or make decisions, and they are not afraid of dying like humans are... Earth should've been a paradise but since Lucifer wanted to be like his creator...God condemned him to eternal death and from that point he started doing his evil work against his creator and what he was about to create.........us.
+hunter wilder Animals make decisions too in accord with their level of intelligence. BTW, Jesus Christ never existed, so don't be basing anything on Christianity. The issue of a soul is a difficult one. There could be some type of quantum soul that persists after death. That soul does not guide you decisions, it is just that your memories "might" persist after death. You can read about the Orch-OR study.
+Yassir Douslimi "weren't introduced to philosophy" said the one who use the fallacy Argumentum ad populum "why do you even need to assert" the earth is round and when people say it's flat you assert that it is a lie
Right, *observations*. Exactly how many observations have contributed to any kind of evidence that proves the existence of god? What is there, other than a couple of old books that anyone could have written? If people believe it despite the lack of evidence, then that means they are suffering from cognitive biases, which affects some people more than others. There's also the need to conform to various cultural ideals, the degree of which depends on the country in question.
Cognitive bias, the assumption that objective proof can be acquired from subjective experience. Complete insanity, trying to prove the non existence of what you claim to not exist.
Summary of Comment Section: We don't understand the difference between Idealism and Substance Dualism (Homunculus). The video actually argues for the former, but we're going to accuse it of clinging to the latter.
True but the mind produces energy and it functions through energy. Science agrees that matter (energy) cannot be destroyed but can change its form. Matter and energy function together but not one can be destroyed not ever throughout all eternity. Think about that.
@@frankmeintjes126 sir...with due respect...what kind of energy are you talking ? ..we cannot generalise energy as one form ... after all these scientific endeavors ..we still don't know how to define energy in general ...how to combine all four basic forces in one equation ( unified field theory).... it's just a meta scientific statement that you are making
@@Newagestory Science simply states that energy does not matter what form (kind) of energy we are talking about cannot be destroyed. Like Matter, it does not matter what form of matter it cannot be destroyed it can only change its form. It is really irrelevant to ask the question of what kind of energy or matter. By what kind you are asking what form. The point is that it does not matter what kind or form it simply cannot be destroyed. So science has established that and proven that, but what science cannot tell us is where all this energy and matter comes from? Seeing that matter and energy is eternal we can only conclude that the source must be eternal.
Would have liked to have listen to all of it, but the music is terrible. You shouldn't notice background music. It should add to the experience, not overshadow it.
Sedna Floating - Lol. I noticed it too and it bothered me. However, he is not claiming those to be his personal hypothesis and findings but rather he is a "video producer", who presents a verifiable recompilation of the work of several qualified investigators that are currently making quite a bit of academic noise in the combined field of neuroscience/physics/quantic/philosophic environment, in the pursue of a better understanding of conscience. In that sense, I found it to be an interesting, quick and clear-cut video. Of course, if you disagree, I'd be interested in hearing your opinion.
I wish I could either agree or disagree but the music makes it impossible for me to focus on what he's saying and presenting. if you are a video producer, then you have to learn how to use, and how NOT to use background music. this is outrageous.
At least we know that the music in this case speaks more information to us than the words and text. I wonder if that also applies to the type of person we are at the same time, currently.
So, go easy on me because I am not nearly as intelligent as you guys are, but if I am understanding it correctly, the world can be described as a comic book writer describing a character to an artist? the artist can be described as the brain, receiving the description of the character and using that description to draw a picture of the character and the mind then uses that finished picture to perceive the newly drawn character? is that about right? I am sorry if I am either not making sense or completely wrong, but I am a writer, so I am simply trying to make sense of this using what I am familiar with. On another subject, great video as always, sir, you have been a huge help to me while I was going through some very dark times. You and Johanan Raatz both helped to save my faith. I would like to support you and the video library that you are trying to build as both a thank you and to help spread the gospel. How may I donate, sir?
I think that is a good analog, you have definitely understood it and I am glad you found a way to explain it for yourself. Thanks :) I am excited to hear that, it makes it all the worth while knowing we have helped someone. If you would like you can support me here: www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Thank again and God Bless.
Alright, Thank you and thank God. I am happy to know that I am actually understanding these videos correctly, lol. Also, Thank you so much for the videos and all of the content and helping me through some very dark times. I have nothing at this moment, but I will contribute as much as I can come payday, I give you my word. I really want to see this library built and to be a part of it, in whatever small way I can. God bless you and your wife (whom I have heard helps you with these videos. If I am mistaken, then my apologies) for doing so much good and helping people to better understand the word of God (your video on the book of Job, in particular, really blew my mind and gave me much to thank about. It was a rather frightening to realize how much of it reminded me of myself and hence, I am striving to improve), the nature of the universe and everything else. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. God bless, and thank you very much.
IP, I read Kant's CPR years ago, and dual aspect theory seems to be a reinterpretation of his two worlds view. If I understand your video correctly, it suggests that the mind is primary, and it is imposing structure to the "noumena". As I see it, dual aspect theory is saying there is a diff between looking at your cognitive faculties and seeing through them. That said, there is no physical as such, but information that is being interpreted by our mind with the appearance of being physical. I remember reading Chomsky's challenge to physicalist where he suggests that there is no coherent definition of physical so there is no mind/body problem. In fact, he did a video called "the ghost in the machine" where he does an all out assault on mechanistic philosophy. Thanks for the video, I'll have to do some research cause I'm still having some issues understanding it.
The issue with every single study IP talked about to provide evidence that the mind influences the brain is that what they call the "mind" could be the physical brain and external stimuli influencing the brain itself. For example, in the study about people with OCD who were told to concentrate, the fact that the brain was change be attributed to the fact that the external stimuli of being told to concentrate resulted in neural impulses that led the students to focus, which in turn resulted in more neural impulses that resulted in changes to the physical makeup and activity of the brain. None of this needs to be attributed to the mind at all. So there is no good evidence that something supernatural can influence the brain because all of the evidence can be explained by physical phenomena. So we don't know of the mind being able to influence matter and matter being about to influence the mind (or consciousness), we only know of matter being able to influence the mind. Also, an issue with idealism seems to be that IP is just calling the brain the mind. The "mind" that he describes in this scenario is exactly like the brain: it responds to external phenomena and makes outputs based on that input, and there's nothing to stop it from experiencing loss of empathy and changes to ideology when you apply pressure to the prefrontal cortex, so the mind really isn't in control of itself at all when it comes to that sort of thing. The only difference is that he's saying it exists outside of the physical realm, but there's no good evidence to suggest that it needs to exist outside of the physical realm, or that it does exist outside of the physical realm.
It is attributed to the agent focusing, in other words, through his own consciousness. So you need to show the brain creates that consciousness which changes the brain, not assume it. Because as of now, there is no evidence the brain can create consciousness. So this is an example of mind changing the brain.
I had a stroke a few years ago and my right side was numb, I actually felt the stroke happening on my left top of my brain. I didn't seek any medical help and after about 6 months I must have reconnected because I'm back to being normal. The mind is not all in the brain, but also throughout the nerves system , so movement or muscle memory is why we are capable of playing music or doing something that we are good at. So have you ever seen a chicken with its head cut off? It still wants to fly and hide for quite a while after. Have you ever seen the magic of the Haitian women when they dance crazily and go into a trance, that is because they are making movements that are not the usual and they go into the unusual. Also the mind extends a bit more than the body in what could be called a Corona, the electrical parts of the mind are the generator of large amounts of energy , and if you can learn you can do and see unbelievable things.
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Jeffrey Schwartz's book "You Are Not Your Brain" freed me from OCD. I can attest to his methods working. I'm glad the implications of his research are farther reaching than I originally realized.
That is great to hear. His work helped with my depression!
Master Yoda Really ? :o I'm buying your book ! How did it free you from OCD ?
***** First he explains neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to change), and then gives you the tools to basically rewire your brain to prevent your compulsions and eventually your obsessions.
It works
***** Schwartz is a very good teacher in his work.
Master Yoda I bought it. 17 box. I'm not a native English speaker. I hope it will not be too hard (not too many technical words).
I have great expectations ! Thank you Yoda !
I have to watch the video a couple times just to begin to begin to even understand it. You are a genius. God bless you
Thanks!
Excellent but please slow down.Bless
Also love how you always add sources to your claims, we need more of this!
Thanks, that is my goal, which is why I am trying to build this www.InspiringPhilosophy.org
JUST thinking about this a few days ago!!!
I have elements of the 'dark triad' ( narcissism Machiavellianism, psychopathy ) in my family....
Mostly narcissistic behavior.
Psychology says that these behaviors are completely unchangeable...
As a Christian, I've never believed this....
I may put myself into the habit of behaving and acting a certain way, however ultimately, I am the captain of my own ship. I am culpable, my choices make me who I am. Change is always possible.
David Wood is a great example/more proof for your argument 😃 great point!!!
9 years later your video is still absolutely brilliant bro 👏 👏 👏
The narrator can articulate religion, philosophy, and leading-edge science with ease. You, sir, are a real Renaissance man!
Thanks! :)
@@InspiringPhilosophy As far as what I think questioning what mind is like questioning what a "software" is, looking at individual transistors and electrical circuitory you can't locate a region which produces "software" because it's an illusion, software doesn't exist but it's just simply emergent property. Same way can't mind be the emergent property of neural circuitry?
@@yashaswikulshreshtha1588experience isn’t software, we can understand how exactly software emerges from the hardware we have no such explanation for individual subjective experience.
"It was right to dismiss the notion of the ghost in the machine, not because there is no ghost, but because there is no machine."
powerful line
Don't believe everything you THINK. 🧠
Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱
I think this makes sense. As a counselor who sometimes works with the severe mental disorders, I know that counseling alone is not always the answer. The perfect storm is counseling + medication. The medication treats the brain. The counseling treats the mind. Just one is not normally effective.
You understand that IP is saying that there is no reason to be disabled? His conclusion is that because the brain is plastic we are not slaves to our biology. He says that at around 4 minutes into the video. So if the brain is fully plastic and is controlled by the mind (which he says is different to the brain), then mentally disabled people can be explained how? Not through medication because remember our mind can change our brain. Not through counselling because remember our mind is the only thing that can change our brain. So why don't people with mental handicaps just will themselves better?
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“handicaps just will themselves better”
What an enormous Straw Man you build in order to prop up this tiny, blind, mindless, ultimately meaningless, accidental arrangement of random atoms and brain chemicals creating the illusion of stable patterns and regularities, you subscribe to.
Your world view, your absurdity, your existential crisis and your epistemological crisis not the theists!!
Everyone has a right to believe what they want and everyone including theists have a right to find it totally ridiculous, totally nihilistic, totally fatalistic and totally and utterly self refuting….
@@Sapiensiatehuh
Excellent research as always. I'm continually impressed by the way that you consistently point toward the research of experts in various fields to gather information and do your analysis. Always a huge step above the vast majority of youtubers who exhibit a kind of Dunning-Kruger effect. But what I find most incredible of *all*, quite literally, is the age we now live in. . and how so many lines of evidence can all converge on one, single, comprehensive world view.
The 20th century was dominated by various naive materialistic philosophies. Now, in the 21st century, its time for it to move over, and make room for the evidence.
Thanks, you are always too kind!
You mean the way he cherry picks and quote mines with the hopes that people like you won't check his citations?
@@snuffywuffykiss1522 Huh? Point out the errors or go away.
@@SugoiEnglish1 Whats wrong? Can't do your own homework? Theists always want to cheat and copy others...
@@snuffywuffykiss1522 your claims are invalid until proven. The guy was asking for prove your just saying "can't do your homework" which is pretty ignorant and a pathetic response to me. Accusation discarded
1:23 This quote broke my mind. This is huge. People say that the brain is what makes you decide, well then prove it folks. That one experiment/quote alone is the most fascinating thing I have ever heard about the brain.
That quotation is a false statement. Or at least, there is 0 evidence for it, and no reason to believe it is true. That quotation is a statement of a negative - "there is no place in the cerebral cortex where stimulation will cause a patient to decide"?? The only way to prove that would be to stimulate every combination of cells in the cerebral cortex and see if the patient "decides". Also of extreme importance is the fact that the cerebral cortex is only the outer layer of your brain and there's a lot more going on underneath the hood. It's about as irrelevant a statement as one could make. "Decision" in the brain is most likely a complex series of multiple sequential and different brain states. The fact that modern scientists can't - at this time - cause a "decision" feeling using primitive transdermal electrodes is such a weak objection in the face of everything we know about brain function and consciousness that it's almost a joke. Sure, it's an important point to note, if it's still true, that nobody has yet been able to unambiguously reproduce "will" using these methods, but it means virtually nothing give the fact that nobody in brain science probably thinks that human decision making is just a simple activity that occurs in the brain. The case in favor of the brain being the governing structure in your consciousness is just overwhelming, not because everything about the brain is understood, but because time and again the model that makes predictions about consciousness based solely on brain structure is validated and revalidated. Despite what IP says sometimes, there has not, in fact, ever been any data that unambiguously shows that a conscious state precedes a brain state or has no neural correlate. None. That's very favorable to the notion that your brain controls your consciousness. Sure, maybe it would be hard to get such information, given how closely correlated brain states and consciousness are said to be by dualists, but no evidence is no evidence, and you can't score points for your position by simply saying "well, if there were evidence for my position it would be very hard to get so it's no surprise my position has no evidence..." No, that's not scoring points. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
I currently started in a philosophy of mind class and I just got to say that I am so relieved that you did a set of videos on this! When I first approached the mind body problem I did think that Idealism was a persuasive idea, but I had no clue about dualistic-idealism! (I don't know how this view was not even presented in my class?) Truly this is a new and fascinating approach! Thanks for providing the resources as well. I can't wait to get through the rest of your videos.
Try actually reading those resources to see how badly he cherry picked and quote mined them...
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“He Cherry picked and quote mined them”
That accusation of “quote mining” and “cherry picking” is beyond ironic and absurd coming from a militant atheist!!
As Nietzsche wrote in "Beyond Good and Evil," “No one is such a liar as an indignant man.”
Furthermore, the fact is that militant atheism, that is fatalism and epistemological nihilism is a CULT movement hidden behind the cloak of “rationality” and scientism and materialism of the gaps that constantly uses anti religious Soviet hate propaganda left over from the Cold War, that is history revisionism and dishonest memes and buzz words to mock, badger and demonise anyone who challenges its myths and metaphysical presuppositions. It’s no different to debating a recruiter from the church of Scientology who just won’t leave you alone!!
I rest my case!!
I'm officially inspired to glorify God with science and philosophy. Awesome, thanks. God bless :) amen and shalom :)
I always enjoy Inspiring Philosophy's videos.
please do NOT get god tied with this. i hate staunch materialist shitheads but i equally hate religious fundamentalists. only open scientific ideas with empirical evidence can be discussed.
Be Bigga :)
Jest say "No" to hater impulses. Doctor purse :)
@@estring123 god is an idea so yes it is very possible to get god tied to anything that's how ideas work they bridge the abstract into something with meaning as it turns out humans don't like meaningless things. The reason you don't like god tied to science is god means nothing to you. You don't need meaning to exist so congrats I guess. But you do seek a definite line in life. You need the borders clearly marked or you can't function. The same way religious minded people are stuck with questions so are you with your imaginary ruler of the world. It's pointless to measure the world when it always changes and all measurements do is compare something in relation to something else so the ruler changes too.
The analogy that I use with regard to the interaction between the mind and the brain and why brain damage can affect personality is one between a pianist and a piano. No matter how well trained and talented a pianist (the mind) is, if the piano (the brain) is damaged, he will not be able to produce music.
The brain is the *organ* of the mind. If a particular organ is affected, a person would find it difficult to exercise his powers and would be partially or wholly handicapped. 🙏
I don't agree with everything you say but your videos are truly inspiring, I'm so glad to see christians making rational arguments for their beliefs, apologetics is nothing but good for the world.
Agreed. Diversity in beliefs is always healthy when these beliefs are founded on empiricism and solid enough thinking, even if their interpretations differ from the scientific norm. The last thing we want is to be funneled into one particular way of thinking, only to realize it is a dead end.
If you are atheist I’m glad to see you respect it vs. other nonbelievers who say apologetics are stupid. Thank you for being a good and loving person man.
@@2448redbird That is basically a Jewish culture which they crafted themselves, those things were put to an end during the time of Jesus that was basically why the Jews hated Jesus.
All we need now is scientists to make rational arguments for things like the big bang, abiogenisis and space time - instead of the nonsense currently being taught
@@shiron236
There is an infinity of nonsensical conceps people could defend, but don't. No one's mourning over those.
Job 32:8.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
The mind of man is a spiritual entity.
The mind of man is a brain, not spiritual ( I.e. invisible) at all.
@Andrei rRRr ..there is no good reason to believe in spiritualism.. no good reason to believe in life after death...
@@GARYWERSLEY There is
@@GARYWERSLEY There's no reason to believe in materialism since there is so much evidence against it.
@@FStan-co8vv ..Florin.. there really is no good reason to believe in Spiritualism, the Holy Spirit, angels, Satan, or even Jesus.. those who claim to have a personal relationship with Jesus are deluded..
..Spiritualism, the claim that there is a spiritual realm alongside the material realm in which we live.. there is no good reason to believe that, anymore than we should believe in Santa Claus..
are you on his naughty list?
Your research and documentation is impressive to me so I used to be an auditor and relied much on documentation to resolve question cost. I like the way you cite other people especially people like John Walton and Michael Heiser and I read many of their books and it is indeed edifying and educational to know who to read that you have recommended so it's much a part of my education now that I'm retired and can devote a day to reading a book and can learn quite a bit just by reading when you know who and what to read. I've signed up to be a patron of yours and I count it a privilege based on the true that you present in these videos and on this channel. God bless you.
"let this mind be in you which is in Christ Jesus"
Amen
Brother Michael I have to say that your videos about the mind helped me to make a new approach to the issues of the mind. As a Christian they were really helpful. Thanks.
So who else is totally confused after watching this video. Complicated stuff!
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@@bjmurrey love the analogy, thx 💯
@@bjmurrey How do we know the mind is not located in the physical world and is not a physical thing?
@@bjmurrey I agree with that, my only position is that for parts of the mind we can not explain, I think the only honest thing we can do is say we dont know whether it is material or not.
You and I are unfolding stories, existing within THE all encompassing universal story...
You and I are unfolding minds, existing within THE all encompassing universal mind...
There is us, and there is the everything else that is not us...
Yet, the everything else that is not us, is also us, because everything we've ever experienced comes from our awareness and experience of the everything else that is not us, but which flows continuously into us...
Let us remember we are one with God...
Our minds are part of God's mind, we are very holy...
Love created us like itself...
Love holds no grievances...
Forgiveness is the key to happiness!:)
Really helpful video. The use of the word 'soul' can be somewhat loaded since it has religious connections. I find it useful to understand that what is being referred to is an unknown invisible and (as yet) undetectable and non-replicable energy (life) - that nevertheless we know exists by its effects. I provide a metaphor in my book 'What's the Point?' that the physical brain is like the computer systems in the Mandalorian spaceship the Razor Crest. It requires input from an outside agency (the Mandalorian/life/soul) to be switched on and utilised. The output from the computer (the physical brain) creates data (mind) that is then utilised by the Mandalorian to take him on his journey. Paul
Love your channel -- whether one agrees with every argument or not, all of your arguments are all well-reasoned and backed by science. And really, what else could one hope to aspire to? Thank you for your efforts, and please keep up the great work!
Thanks!
I'm very interested in any new studies in relation to this topic, and ADHD. Most days I actually love my ADHD "perks", but there are others I detest having it. The road to balance through some of what we're discovering doesnt seem insane to me, and I'd happily offer myself up as a guinea pig! In regards to the rest of the vid...
"...not because there is no ghost, but there is no machine. "
Wow. Excited to delve into the chanel. Keep up the good work!
_"...We can see that it was right to dismiss the notion of the Ghost in the Machine, not because there is no Ghost but because there is no Machine."_ LOVE IT!! Such a classy and pithy way of expressing quantum idealism, which (I think) I agree with.
Thanks for the quote and for making this video. There's a LOT of great information here! I'm sure I'll refer to it many times in the future. Subscribed.
“The soul is not in the body; the body is in the soul.”
St. Hildegard of Bingen
“You don’t have a soul , you have a body , you are a soul.-c.s Lewis
This is a whole new perspective of thinking interesting quotes here!
Welcome to the ghost-less machine.
Pithy yes but to say there is no machine begs the question as to what so called matter really is. Even if it is a product of mind, which I am inclined to agree with, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Brilliant! You keep impressing, you have been truly given the gift of clarity and understanding. Keep it up! Preach to the world!
I do like the idea of the body as a vehicle and the "real" mind (whatever that is) is the driver. If an air crafts landing gear are jammed, that aircraft just cant land normally and by extension, the pilot cant either - but the pilot is still able to land an aircraft that isnt defective.
Experiencing life through a body requires the bodys brain to function - when it doesnt, a mind may not have enough to fiddle with to operate normally (from an external pov). Maybe it will be able to rewire certain parts, maybe it wont know how, maybe it can but over time, maybe it wont notice all the broken parts, etc.
u just explained the entire vid right here
what a legend
Only that's not how the mind works at all. Purely phenomenologically you can reject this nonsense.
Not that it does anything in favour of "free will". It doesn't matter how much magic is involved in your decisions. You still didn't built yourself. You didn't decide on the things that create your decisions.
@@MrCmon113 Only that telling people "using this word I think it is big brainy, you too can prove MY CLAIM" is not how argumentation works at all.
Sooo..basically we are SPIRITS having a material/physical experience. Our whole world is an illusion "there is no spoon" ~Matrix
Such a Great movie ❤
Nope.
Thats it!99% of people dont know what is the spirit.They think that the software is a product of the hardware.Thats non sense!
You are the only one who exsist in this world the whole universe yre living every where u go its all made just for you child you and nobody else take care in your srimulated path!!!
@@flux9433 Well then why am I so powerless to affect the changes I want to see in this world?
Perhaps the mind, quantum information, etc exist on a higher dimension? Just as the 3rd dimension has a shadow in the 2nd dimension, and the 4th dimension has a shadow in the 3rd dimension, perhaps the mind's shadow in our dimension is the brain, and quantum information's shadow is shadowed/distorted through observation(Uncertainty Principle)?
Nice
At the risk of trouncing your pontification, without evidence how do we determine if a 'higher dimension' exists? It could, but right now there's no evidence it does.
@@alankoslowski9473 quantum physics. 7th dimension actually exists. Basically we humans can only perceive so much light and senses you know because if we saw the rest of it we wouldn't be able to process all that information. Everything exists all around us all at the same time, we just experience things differently because of our beliefs and how we expect to see the world based on senses and things like memories, etc. Here is something to think about: visionhelp.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/we-see-through-our-eyes-but-with-our-brains/
Search up Mark Haughton. He has videos and a website about it.
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A 7th dimension exists? Since you're the one making the claim, please provide evidence. I only know of 4: horizontal, vertical, depth, and time.
Please show us what the other 3 are. The only Mark Haughton vids I saw were by some nut-job.
@@alankoslowski9473 phys.org/news/2014-03-quantum-entanglement-multiple-dimensions.html
An international team directed by researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, with participation from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, has managed to create an entanglement of 103 dimensions with only two photons. The record had been established at 11 dimensions.
There was a documentary I watched, by a nuclear physicist, about quantum physics. As I recall, he talked in part, about the tryptophan molecule in the decision-making process of the brain; that it partly exists in a quantum superposition, and making a decision requires an observer in order to collapse the superposition. He said that the observer is our mind, which must exist separately, in order to be an observer. The question then is, if the mind is observing and creating that decision-making process, what else is it observing and creating?...Everything?
This is true that, when I was seven, I believed the light came out of our eyes, and painted the world, then my teacher told me that the light comes into our eyes, and she spoiled everything. I remember that day, and now, five decades later, quantum physics, and the science of quantum consciousness, are telling me that I may well be right, after all.
I want to thank you so much for this video. I am one who suffers from OCD and have for the last 16 years. It is not as bad anymore because in large part due to Shwartz' work and learning that I can train my brain how to think so to speak. So from a personal experience I know this to be true. Another great video man !!!!
You can train your mind, therefore magic is real and therefore your decisions travel back in time and cause themselves.
@@MrCmon113 you gave powerful reply
@@MrCmon113
“You can train your mind, therefore magic is real and therefore your decisions travel back in time and cause themselves.”
Oh the irony!! This is brilliant!! Sorry but your instant hand waving and triggered response to the scientific evidence, not to mention your incoherent attempt at ridicule speaks volumes and is logically fallacious. Look up [Straw Man Fallacy] and [Appeal to Ridicule Fallacy].
What was your POINT again exactly?
By sheer coincidence I’ve actually got two new brands of pen right here on my desk which i use for writing down ultimately meaningless and ultimately purposeless comments. A [Richard Dawkins pen] and a
[@MrCmon113 pen] they’ve got no POINT!!
This channel is so soothing man.
Very interesting. I've not heard it expressed this way, neither from this perspective on the majority of other videos on the topic (by believers and non-believers alike) so this was a great listen. I hope you continue on to make this part 1 of 4, too. If so, I look forward to the other videos to come. Thanks for sharing this. Really loved how you ended it. :)
This speaks to the idea of manifest. Ancient religions spoke of this, and my grandmother who was religious but not churchgoing used to tell me as a child that she knew that words are manifest(i.e. thoughts that become things). During DMT trips, users all share similar experiences while still slightly subjective, see or meet what they describe as machine elves. Almost all that meet these machine elves say the same thing....that the machine elves essentially show them manifest and share with the user that they too can manifest. Also, the DMT trips allow one to see the universe for what it is... ever churning fields of manifest. I have done DMT once, and while I didn't achieve what is called a "breakthrough" I was able to see the fields. As a radiation therapist that understands particle physics and empirical science, this understanding has changed forever the way I look at particle physics. There is now a lot of evidence showing that one can "speak"(i.e. think) and manifest.
Jimbo Jones Manifesto you didnt smoke enought of it
IP this is your gift! Keep on and thanks.
Tony T Thanks, I'll try to go one as long as I can.
And the Great Mind said
"Let there be Brains"
Idealism works for me.
Great vid as usual.
Hey there IP. Mind = Blown. ;)
I've also questioned how the brain and the soul are connected or if there is a correlation. The Phineas Gage case was something that always intrigued me and how that could relate to it. I'm looking forward to the rest in this series! You've got me at the edge of my seat.
These videos are always a pure joy to watch. If I was more financially stable I would be a patron. I mean I'm okay. I'm just following a different path that God has me on. When I can, I will.
These are wonderful and always thought provoking. I'm trying to learn as much as I can and these videos are full of information. Thank you for doing this. I don't know if I always agree (because there is so much information out there and I need time to understand it) but I'm glad God has set this in your heart. Good luck and God Bless.
Thanks :)
God Bless
Pseudoscience can lead you to any preconceived conclusion. You want the soul to exist and gather ill-understood information to support your claim. This is just bogus
Pseudoscience and sloppy philosophy can lead you to any preconceived conclusion. You want the mind to be completely reducible to brain states and to vanish once those brain states cease, and so you ignore science and philosophical arguments that you dislike in order to maintain your stereotypical physicalism (to be differentiated from Chalmers or Strawson's physicalism...). This is just bogus.
You may be tempted to point out that I didn't actually make or engage any argument. Neither did you.
1:20 he could not stimulate the will.... God gave us free will, our choices, decisions and actions can be influenced but the will lies within us. And thanks to God for that! Can you imagine someone else having your will?!
God is good, his mysterious works surround us. 🙏🏼🌍❤
scientific experiments have proven that there is no such thing as free will
@Andrei rRRr google it
Wow, so this "Double-Aspect Idealism" you and Keith Ward are promoting is just double-aspect theory (or as I like to call it double-aspect monism) which was promoted by Baruch Spinoza back in the seventeenth century! I myself have become very interested in double-aspect theory myself. Spinoza believed that the Existence had two aspects, Extension and Mind, which together were to be taken as two of an infinite set of attributes comprising God (or, Nature). This also seems to be the view promoted by Thomas Nagel, C.G. Jung, Wolfgang Pauli, David Bohm and Arthur Schopenhauer. It's also interesting because these views isn't the exact same as the subjective idealism (immaterialism) promoted by Bishop George Berkeley.
Yes, that is true. It is more of an objective idealism.
***** Interesting. This view I think is also compatible with ontological structural realism? I agree more with this type of idealism then or double-aspect idealism. Recently, I read an essay called "Idealism Without God" and the author of "Idealism Without God" is Helen Yetter-Chappell (Ph.D., Princeton) and she develops a nontheistic (quasi-)Berkeley Idealism. So maybe we can see Berkeley is not quite dead yet.
Happy Lovers This is only if you accept a very specific version of idealism called "subjective idealism". There is much more types of idealism.
I do not agree with this specific view and am more of a double-aspect theorist (dual-aspect idealism) or objective idealist. This is much more familiar with the thinkers Thomas Nagel, C.G. Jung, Hegel, Wolfgang Pauli, Baruch Spinoza, David Bohm, Arthur Schopenhauer etc...
Schopenhauer and Spinoza mainly has had a huge impact on me when it comes to these specific views and it seems there views keep getting vindicated.
Ok...now I'm getting somewhere. Thank you. Sounds like the reason one would adopt Berkeley's view is because given the problem with both of the other options (substance dualism and realism), we are looking for a cohesive, coherent view that can hold all of the experiences we have without contradiction. If we are experiences God's idea of reality (much like those plugged in to the Matrix experienced the structure created by the Architect), then we have a stable, uniform experience for our exterior playing field in-which we interact with one another. But the world within our own subjective minds can be manipulated (our imagination). My only problem with this idea is that we don't have any objective way to verify this theory. Yes, it seem to solve the problem, but is that enough to adopt it as true?
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Some hints to improve videos:
[1] I assume most people can't read and listen at the same time. Don't have written statements showing while you're narrating. Allow some silence if you're going to show words, phrases, statements, otherwise most people will miss one or the other: your narration, or the words.
[2] I assume most people can't really listen, or focus on to 2 things at the same time very effectively. Music in the background may be able to get around this somewhat, if it's not an intrusive, excitement producing type. If you play music in the background, the fact that you have to reduce the volume substantially also reduces the quality of the music in this case, and turns it into something closer to a nuisance than a support.
The kind of fast, urgent and loud intention of the music [this kind of music is intended to be played at a higher volume. At such a low volume, it devolves to more of a noise rather than music] in this video detracts more than anything else, and I have to ignore it in order to listen to your narration. Slow and peaceful music [if you're going to use music at all] would have supported the narration much more powerfully than music that was meant to be loud, dominant, & climactic, but was turned down to allow focus on the narration. This seems to be a recipe for futility and subtle conflict.
Also, I think your videos will have more power if the sound is not constant in it's doubled attempt to keep attention. Cut the music out altogether now and then, let it breathe. If you give some breaks to various elements, they will be more powerful [and more artistic] when you bring them back in. That goes for every other element as well. If every second of the video is a full onslaught of every possible medium, it quickly drains the artistic [1st] and emotional [eventually] appeal away.
Give it some thought. Otherwise, good effort on the overall presentation and graphics. You have the graphics down pretty well, now just focus on the wise and alternating use of sounds, and let them sync with graphics in a way that is considerate of your audiences attention capacity.
No no I like the written statements
In my head and mind, i've thought this, the only thing that has caused me to think on it over and over is the fact that physical trauma to the brain can cause personality changes. One day i hope to realize an explanation. Good vid i hope more people watch it or listen to it at least. Thank you.
You are onto the explanation. Areas in the brain are clearly responsible for a lot of the stuff people attribute to a 'mind'. The brain itself is such a monumentally interconnected structure that all the circuitry and pathways have not been fully mapped. There is no 'spiritual mind' .. its just unseen (as yet) circuitry and feedback loops that combine to appear more than the sum of their parts - consciousness. But pick apart at each and you will uncover a circuit or biochemical pathway.
@@japooskas the video explaina why this explanation is insufficient. Appealing to complexity is meaningless and is a god of the gaps argument. The research indicates this. Ndes most damningly.
Not just physical trauma. Your personality forms in your childhood and changes through all of your life.
And all of what you experience corresponds directly to what information is available in your brain.
This video is so incredibly good, very well done :D.
basal ganglia Center between hemiphers behind frontal lobe in front of lybic system. But the brain I hard ware the mind is hard ware
Dude sounds like he just hit puberty
Bro
"Attention must be paid." I love that. You "spend" time. What are you purchasing? Revalue. Do not forget.
Value exists. There is no division. The brain, the soul, the world, life.. All one thing.
Interesting how the brain is still deeply functioning while one is a sleep. Maybe the soul recalibrates the mind and body to function even better as we grow within our 5 senses, yes?
The brain is functioning while sleeping because is dreaming, and we dream because the brain is analyzing and organizing the information that obtain during the day, also while you dreaming the brain prepares you to situations of anxiety.
The Law myoho-renge-kyo represents the identity of what some scientists refer to as the ‘unified field of all consciousnesses’. In other words, it’s a sound vibration that is the essence of all of existence and non-existence, the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the true creator of everything that is, ever was and ever will be, right down to the minutest particles of dust, each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves by tapping directly into it by way of self-produced sound vibration.
On the subject of ‘Who or What Is God?’, when we compare the concept of ‘God’, as a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to Nichiren’s teachings, the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people call ‘God’ is our enlightenment, which exists nowhere else but within us.
When the disciples asked Jesus where the Kingdom of God is, didn’t he tell them that it was within them?
Some say that ‘God’ is an entity that can never be seen. I think that the vast amount of information that is constantly being conveyed via electromagnetic waves gives us proof of how an invisible state of ‘God’ could actually exist. It’s widely known that certain data being relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects, including instant global awareness of something or mass emotional reaction. As well as many other things, it’s also common knowledge that these waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to even enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars. However, none of this is possible without a receiver to decode the information that is being transmitted. Without the receiver, the information would remain impotent.
In a very similar way, it’s important for us to have our ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our life, all other life and what we and all else that exists truly is. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach into the core of our enlightenment and switch it on. That’s because the sound vibration of myoho-renge-kyo represents the combination of the three major laws that underlie all existence.
Myoho represents the Law of latency and manifestation (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. One state of myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists. This includes our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them, our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re not being expressed, our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma, and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes obvious to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory, whenever we experience or express our emotions, or whenever a good or bad effect manifests from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it simply means that it has come out of the state of ‘myo’ (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s simply the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing something.
The second law, renge, governs and controls the functions of myoho, ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect. The two laws of myoho and renge, both functions together simultaneously, as well as underlies all spiritual and physical existence.
The final and third part of the tri-combination, kyo, is what allows the law myoho to be able to integrate with the law renge. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects together all Life and matter, as well as the past, present and future. It is often termed the Universal Law of Communication. Perhaps it could even be compared to the string theory that some scientists now suspect exists.
Just as our body cells, thoughts, feelings and all else are constantly fluctuating within us, everything in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux, in accordance with these three laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible for us to calculate or describe. And it doesn't matter how big or small, important or trivial that anything may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of myoho-renge-kyo.
These three laws are also the basis of the four fundamental forces and if they didn't function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. Simply put, all forms of existence, including the seasons, day and night, birth, death and so on, are all moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation, rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two universal states of myo and ho in absolute accordance with renge and by way of kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn in accordance with the workings of what the combination myoho-renge-kyo represents.
Nam, or Namu, on the other hand, is a password or a key; it allows us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with myoho-renge-kyo. On a more personal basis, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives from moment to moment, as well in our environment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is turning, and rhythmically chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for a minimum of ten minutes daily, anyone can experience actual proof of its positive effects in their life.
In so doing, we can pierce through even the thickest layers of our karma and activate our Buddha Nature (the enlightened state). We’re then able to summon forth the wisdom needed to challenge, overcome and change our negative circumstances into positive ones. It brings forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that is preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we truly are, regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexual preference. We are also able to see and understand our circumstances and an environment more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations.
Actual proof soon becomes apparent to anyone who chants the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo on a regular daily basis. Everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect, so the strength of the result from chanting depends on dedication, sincerity and determination. To explain it more simply, the difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, or producing a song and so on.
NB: There are frightening, disturbing sounds and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It's the emotional result from any sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day you are producing a sound vibration that is the password to your true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things, such as your fears and desires etc. The important way to get the best result when chanting is not to see things in a conventional way (difficult to achieve but can be done), rather than reaching out to an external source, you need to reach into your own life and bring your needs and desires to fruition from within, including any help that you may need. Think of it as a seed within you that you are bringing sunshine and water to in order for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s important to understand that everything that we need in life, all the answers and potential to achieve our dreams, already exist within us.
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wow, that is crazy! and as i continue to learn more about consciousness, it continues to amaze me! thank you! great video
The physical brain is like a radio antenna. Just because the receiver is off or damaged doesn't mean the signal (consciousness) doesn't exists.
I wonder who made this idea up. I hear it then and again, I like it a lot.
Amazing how compatible this all is with Plato.
More footnotes to Plato. :-P
Exactly. God is trying to explain who he is to us.
He can't just tell us outright? Without contradictions this time?
Brain= receiver
Mind = consciousness
You cannot stop existing only God can stop you God can do anything
One of InspiringPhilosophy's best! I loved this one. Thank you. :D
thanks for the content. useful information, i hope you are doing well!
" the pieces are coming together now..."
Fantastic video and very convincing sources too. But I find the loud and epic music really distracting, which is a problem for many of your videos sadly. Still, great stuff.
1. Two entities can only interact if they have overlapping qualities. A physical entity can only interact with another physical entity.
1a. If an entity can be further divided, then it can only consist of interacting entities, otherwise it would consist of two or more disjunct entities.
2. The universe is all of spacetime, and within it all entities with physical qualities.
3. God interacts or interacted with the universe. (this is what scripture says)
4. It follows from 1. and 3. that God has physical qualities.
5. It follows from 1a. and 4. that God only has physical qualities. (There may be non physical entities, but neither the universe, nor God can interact with them. Therefore, anything non-physical is untestable and unknowable.)
6. It follows from 2. and 5. that God is in its entirety part of the universe (which is the sum of all physical entities, and of those only).
You can replace God with the soul, the minotaur, or anything you can think about.
According to the argument, God, the soul, and the minotaur do exist, at least inside of brains.
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This sounds like an argument for weak or possibly strong panethiesm.
When conducting the double slit experiment they concluded that the act of measuring gives defined property to a electron. Means everything in the nature we see is there because we as a conscious mind sees it. So here he says that the brain is just a part of the physical manifestations of the mind and we are not humans with soul but we are souls with human. Because our body exist because our mind sees it, so it all just comes back to one thing I.e. Conciousness and what is it?
A strong argument for a weak proposition. Well done.
My son and I love your videos. God bless you.
Thank you!
Good to see science catching up with Buddhist philosophy.
The problem of consciousness if people are completely honest is intractible. Any attempts by science to explain consciousness inevitably start with the assumption that other people's statements and behavior is a reliable tool for inquirying into their consciousness.
What if a person telling you they are consciously experiencing things really isn't? What if they are only moving their lips and their body in a manner that suggests a normal, conscious human being because of physics while having no actual conscious experience? How would you know? How would you be able to distinguish that?
The fact that you conceptualize other people as conscious only shows this is a useful tool for navigating your environment. The model of other people as being conscious may or may not be reality, and since you can never experience things from other people's bodies, since all you can do is imagine what it might be like you can never know whether they are in fact conscious.
Very good video. It seems as though you've read Keith Ward's book, "More than Matter:, which is a great exposition into the dual aspect idealism. If you ever have a chance, you should pick up William Hasker's, "The Emergent Self", which contains some great material you might find interesting. I think on a more fundamental level, a good point to make in future videos is that a conscious agent produced purely by physics and chemistry wouldn't hold any intentional states. In fact, this is the major reason why many philosophers do not hold to eliminative materialism. Thanks for your work.
I have never been a religious person. I could easily be defined as the secular humanist who can be so easily derided in the media. I would always tell my friends that I want to believe, but religion has to also conform to the science around me. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. I find it so refreshing seeing a ministry that is not afraid to allow science as part of their discussion.
Have you ever done or considered doing a video about the halographic universe? I would be intrigued to hear you analysis of it.
It's exciting to see your ministry providing such thoughtful discussion about their beliefs. I have subscribed and will visit as new video's are added. I have even passed it on to like mined friends of mine who would be interested in your views. Despite what my religious friends might believe about me, I do have an open mind.
Hello, thanks for saying that. I completely agree with you religion cannot kill science. As St. Basil said, nature is the 67 book of the Bible and we should never forget that. I have in fact done some videos on the Holographic universe if you are interested:
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I also have videos where i argue for evolution if you ever wanted to discuss that topic. Thanks for checking this channel out. Feel free to ask me any questions.
Thanks for the two links. I would be interested in you videos in regards to evolution.
Sure, here is what I have: ruclips.net/video/yf5ovSpS2GU/видео.html
I am working on another where I explain the image of God doesn't mean a special creation point. I can explain what Genesis 1:27 means if you want, and show how it is completely compatible with evolution.
I had always viewed it as God creating man in his spiritual image. Don't know that I ever thought about it to relationship to evolution. I certainly would be interested in hearing your interpretation.
keithstl Okay, if the imago dei means spiritual creation then that would mean our spirits are the image of God, right? So that means we would have to spiritually resemble God somehow. So this would mean we are rational, creative, and understand morality, and that is how we would spiritually be the image of God. But there is a serious problem if this is true.
If the image of God mean you are rational and understand morality then Satan must also be the image of God. Because He is a rational being that understands morality. But the Bible says only man is the image of God. So what does it mean? Well, the overwhelming majority of old testament scholars say the imago dei has nothing to do with a special creation point. It is a call of election.
The imago dei was a point in time when God elected us to be his image bearers, meaning we are His representatives on earth (watch over creation, be good stewards on the earth), we enter into a relationship with Him, and conform to His image. The imago dei means exactly the same thing in the New Testament. Paul even says we are to conform to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). It is an election point in Genesis, just like it is an election point when we are called to be Christians in the New Testament. Christians are the image of God as Paul says, just like in the same way Adam was.
So if imago dei means an election point, then there obviously had to be a creature there already in existence for God to elect. Thus, Genesis is not in contradiction with evolution. Ecclesiastes 3:18-19 even directly says man is a beast of the field and both man and beast have the same breath of life. The word in Hebrew for breath is "Nephesh" which means soul. So both man and animal have the same soul and thus the Bible says we are ontologically the same as animals. The only difference is we were elected.
we are 'contingent' observers, and what WE observe contains actual, physical properties as 'created' by the observance of infinite mind. what I don't hear you tackle is, WHY? what is the purpose of this 'realized' observation by infinite mind of a 'physical' universe populated with embodied souls?
Interesting statement> "The soul is not a combination of elements, it is not composed of many atoms, it is of one indivisible substance and therefore eternal. It is entirely out of the order of the physical creation; it is immortal!" ~ Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i Faith
Matter is not real but emerges from information, yep, I realized this long ago.
Platonic values = information.
"Realized" ie claimed.
Not that it makes a difference here.
A persuasive discussion of the distinction between mind and brain drawing on
scholarly edutainment about neurophysiology. I particularly appreciate the K
Ward quotation beginning at 10:32 and the D Hoffman clip beginning at 11:16. Yet,
a remarkably weak "case for the soul" that equivocates mind and soul,
neither stating any case for that equivocation nor stating that mind soul are the
same.
This video's case for the soul begins and ends with a quotation at 12:55.
Sounds very informative - would have loved to have listen fully but the background music is too disruptive !
The music makes up for the lack of useful information.
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Choose first.
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IP's scientists or the rest.
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Then why did you start off citing scientists instead of evidence?
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Make up your mind. Do you want to see scientists or evidence?
Cemi field theory postulates that the mind is a feedback loop between the brain and its own electromagnetic field. It can explain the problems of mind-body duality and unified perception quite neatly within a physical context.
Thank you for your very useful content. I'm particularly interested in what you think about moral responsibility for people whose bad behavior is a result of a brain injury. For example, should a human court grant them leniency and what would it look like? How do you believe God will judge them? It seems like a bit of a dilemma to me and I'd be interested in knowing what you think. Thanks again.
The problem with this is that it admits a kind of solipsism. If consciousness is all there is then who's to say my consciousness isn't all there is? Not only is the grocery store there when I reach it. I take the same route to reach it each day. If I take an alternate route I won't reach it. This is like unlocking a combination lock. So the grocery store is a pre-existing physical reality.
holy crap this is one of the best video I've seen on such subjects, stunned
The origin of the big bang is a thought. Thoughts are acts of creations. Yes you can choose another's thought and make it your own, or you can create brand new thoughts. The space of thoughts are infinite. This is why they cannot be determined. An infinite source provides infinite possibilities continuously without ever running out. When you say we don't have free will? what is the "we" made from? One must clarify what the "thing" that has or has no free will made from before you can say anything about if it does have free will or not. So the steps for a viable approach is.
1. What is the definition of free will?
2. What stuff makes the "thing" that I call me?
3. Does that stuff permit free will?
These are my answers to the above
1. What is the definition of fee will.
The ability to change space-time 4 dimensionally, that is change past present and future
2.What stuff makes the "thing" that I call me?
The thing I call me is a single thing that is made of stuff that can connect simultaneous events as is evident from my ability to see simultaneous event.
3. Does that stuff permit free will?
A thing that can connect simultaneous events can operate faster than the speed of light and as such can change past present and future as needed by the definition
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Wouldn't this have been a real nice vid if the the background music was absent?
There's no way to listen to the message without getting a concussion.
If you check NDE’s and past-life regression and astral projection you’ll find that the “mind” or “soul” is fully merged with the physical body and is limited by the body while the body lives. Whatever is true must be true for all things and at all times and explain all facets of reality without contradiction.
Wow! Love the link to idealism. Berkeley was right all along as quantum physics now shows.
As someone who will not take that last leap to faith, I found this video awesome. Good work!
I hope we can have some fruitful discussions, as I belong to a very small minority (at least on the internet) that is sick of neuromaniacs and creationists hijacking a beautiful path of discovery and research with endles "debunk"/"anti-debunk" wars. I really don't care if god exists or not. I care for what god can stand for in a positive sense. If I had a god it would be somewhere between Leibniz and Schelling. Most of the times my god is Einsteins god, i.e. a metaphor for the wonder and intelligibilty of Life itself.
_Markus Gabriel,_ the philosopher who came up with a name that reflects contemperary philosophy mainstream, calling it _New Realism,_ has written a handy book called *_I_** is Not the Brain.*
In it he shows that philosphers _Hegel, Fichte & Schelling,_ had much more sophisticated models of "das Ich" = "the I", than _Freud, Marx, Nietsche_ and _Schopenhauer._ They didn't fall for the early _"neuromania"_ and _"darwinitis",_ as Gabriel calls them, but instead started from the first person experience. Taking these german idealists seriously and integrating them into the following schools of existentialism and postmodernism, is what makes this _New Realism_ different than _Naive Realism._
The difference to Dual-Aspect Idealism is that _New Realism_ rejects any notion of "World." In other words, in New Realism their is no context of all contexts. So even the physical universe is just one context, one _"field of sense"_ in Gabriels terminology. Thus the universe is _also not "the world."_ The universe is simply the set of patterns that physics study.
The ontology of _New Realism,_ thus is monoistic in the sense that the existence of everything that is, is defined equally as _"to exist is to appear in a field of sense"_ - (which by the way is improved, generalized form of Freges definition "to exist is to fall under a definition" or "to exist is to be a variable of a function", both of which are simplistic and abstract).
But it is also pluralistic in the sense that _"no sense of field exists, that encompasses all other fields of sense."_ So everything that exists, exist in it's own unique sense. This contemporary _Monadism_ opens the door to a new informed realism that _includes_ idealism. Unicorns _do_ exist... in the book and film _The Last Unicorn,_ but also in seminars and documentaries that discuss the morals, the humor, the emotions and the fantasy of the book, film and everything in it.
In the words of Markus Gabriel: "By giving up the one idea of a "World," we win back the infinity of everything. And as a byproduct, we get rid of all ideology. For without a "World", _worldviews_ dissappear."
PS: Markus Gabriel also points out one big, big cause of misunderstanding and difficulty of translating _"Geist."_ One meaning of Geist is literately "ghost". But most of the times it is somewhere between "Mind", "Wit" & "Spirit." Most neuromaniacs have just reduced it to "Mind," and then reduce that further to just "Cognition." Which is wrong.
On the other hand "Geist" is not completely translateable to "Soul," although it can mean "Spirit." In french it would be "Ésprit."
It seems like even the word "Geist" has it's own qualia unique to it's language. =)
I’m curious, with this being said what happens to our memories after the physical body is gone and only our mind (which could be called a soul) is left if memory seems to be part of the brain
Why are so many people in the comments bringing up religion? I'm an atheist, and I loved the concepts in the video because they seem more real than the "free will is an illusion" crap. The stuff in this video explains how there can be free will quite nicely without having to rely on anything religious, it's just good science. There's nothing religious about this video.
Well, that is true.
Forgive me. I'm not as intelligent as you at all. I'm trying to sink this information all in. My biggest question is this, what about animals? Are they a sole separate from the mind as well, if I understood you correctly? By the way, I myself am a Christian who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm not here to doubt or disprove anything you say. I support you 100%
+hunter wilder We don't know because we cannot ask them. But I do not doubt that they are conscious as well.
+hunter wilder I'll try to be as brief as possible, even though it is very complex and hard to explain in human words...you must have your eyes opened like I do (I had beautiful experience regarding our Father...when I was 13 or 14 and from that moment after asking him for knowledge and understanding he left my eyes opened) to understand creation otherwise you will understand only part of it...and you will have lots of unanswered questions since your understanding limits you from having the right responses.
At creation God gave us our material body/temple a soul. The soul(mind/consciousness) is our software, and without it our cerebral function cannot work. Animals don't have a soul since they cannot sin, or make decisions, and they are not afraid of dying like humans are...
Earth should've been a paradise but since Lucifer wanted to be like his creator...God condemned him to eternal death and from that point he started doing his evil work against his creator and what he was about to create.........us.
+Quapadople
Animals can make decisions, but everything else seems decent
+almost atheist What do you mean by everything else seems decent?
+hunter wilder Animals make decisions too in accord with their level of intelligence. BTW, Jesus Christ never existed, so don't be basing anything on Christianity. The issue of a soul is a difficult one. There could be some type of quantum soul that persists after death. That soul does not guide you decisions, it is just that your memories "might" persist after death. You can read about the Orch-OR study.
the phrase "I dont mind" be hitting different tho.
God Bless you IP!
Maybe he had found head quarters the mayor Office
~enters super dramatic music~
Idealism to the rescue
I fucking love you dude
Cheers from brazil
And to defend Christianity. amen and shalom :)
+alienbuddy islam is a lie too
+Yassir Douslimi "weren't introduced to philosophy" said the one who use the fallacy Argumentum ad populum
"why do you even need to assert" the earth is round
and when people say it's flat you assert that it is a lie
Right, *observations*. Exactly how many observations have contributed to any kind of evidence that proves the existence of god? What is there, other than a couple of old books that anyone could have written?
If people believe it despite the lack of evidence, then that means they are suffering from cognitive biases, which affects some people more than others. There's also the need to conform to various cultural ideals, the degree of which depends on the country in question.
Cognitive bias, the assumption that objective proof can be acquired from subjective experience.
Complete insanity, trying to prove the non existence of what you claim to not exist.
Hi, are you still on mission?
It’s also possible that a near neath experience simply changes ones decision making, just looking at the importance of things differently.
This was fascinating. I'm glad I subscribed.
Summary of Comment Section: We don't understand the difference between Idealism and Substance Dualism (Homunculus). The video actually argues for the former, but we're going to accuse it of clinging to the latter.
Not a single one of your argument could actually prove that the mind isn't a physical mass
True but the mind produces energy and it functions through energy. Science agrees that matter (energy) cannot be destroyed but can change its form.
Matter and energy function together but not one can be destroyed not ever throughout all eternity. Think about that.
Did you even watch the video?
@@CosmicCanvas666 did you even qualified to talk science...?
@@frankmeintjes126 sir...with due respect...what kind of energy are you talking ? ..we cannot generalise energy as one form ... after all these scientific endeavors ..we still don't know how to define energy in general ...how to combine all four basic forces in one equation ( unified field theory).... it's just a meta scientific statement that you are making
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Science simply states that energy does not matter what form (kind) of energy we are talking about cannot be destroyed. Like Matter, it does not matter what form of matter it cannot be destroyed it can only change its form. It is really irrelevant to ask the question of what kind of energy or matter. By what kind you are asking what form. The point is that it does not matter what kind or form it simply cannot be destroyed.
So science has established that and proven that, but what science cannot tell us is where all this energy and matter comes from? Seeing that matter and energy is eternal we can only conclude that the source must be eternal.
Would have liked to have listen to all of it, but the music is terrible. You shouldn't notice background music. It should add to the experience, not overshadow it.
the dramatic, "uplifting"/motivational music gives you away. you should know that by now.
Sedna Floating - Lol. I noticed it too and it bothered me. However, he is not claiming those to be his personal hypothesis and findings but rather he is a "video producer", who presents a verifiable recompilation of the work of several qualified investigators that are currently making quite a bit of academic noise in the combined field of neuroscience/physics/quantic/philosophic environment, in the pursue of a better understanding of conscience.
In that sense, I found it to be an interesting, quick and clear-cut video. Of course, if you disagree, I'd be interested in hearing your opinion.
I thought I was the only one 😆😆. What the hell is up with the music? It's totally nuts!!!
I wish I could either agree or disagree but the music makes it impossible for me to focus on what he's saying and presenting. if you are a video producer, then you have to learn how to use, and how NOT to use background music. this is outrageous.
At least we know that the music in this case speaks more information to us than the words and text. I wonder if that also applies to the type of person we are at the same time, currently.
So, go easy on me because I am not nearly as intelligent as you guys are, but if I am understanding it correctly, the world can be described as a comic book writer describing a character to an artist? the artist can be described as the brain, receiving the description of the character and using that description to draw a picture of the character and the mind then uses that finished picture to perceive the newly drawn character? is that about right? I am sorry if I am either not making sense or completely wrong, but I am a writer, so I am simply trying to make sense of this using what I am familiar with.
On another subject, great video as always, sir, you have been a huge help to me while I was going through some very dark times. You and Johanan Raatz both helped to save my faith. I would like to support you and the video library that you are trying to build as both a thank you and to help spread the gospel. How may I donate, sir?
I think that is a good analog, you have definitely understood it and I am glad you found a way to explain it for yourself.
Thanks :) I am excited to hear that, it makes it all the worth while knowing we have helped someone. If you would like you can support me here: www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Thank again and God Bless.
Alright, Thank you and thank God. I am happy to know that I am actually understanding these videos correctly, lol. Also, Thank you so much for the videos and all of the content and helping me through some very dark times. I have nothing at this moment, but I will contribute as much as I can come payday, I give you my word. I really want to see this library built and to be a part of it, in whatever small way I can. God bless you and your wife (whom I have heard helps you with these videos. If I am mistaken, then my apologies) for doing so much good and helping people to better understand the word of God (your video on the book of Job, in particular, really blew my mind and gave me much to thank about. It was a rather frightening to realize how much of it reminded me of myself and hence, I am striving to improve), the nature of the universe and everything else. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. God bless, and thank you very much.
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I loved the last line. Thought-provoking video!
This has left me with more questions then answers great upload 👑I've had to subscribe
5 dislikes within 50 minutes of being up... I think we all know where those came from lol.
+Murri16 absolutely.
+Murri16 People who didn't fall for his bullshit?
People who don't listen to reason and logic you mean?
The Rational Christian Nope.
And just saying that your user name is an oxymoron.
According to you. I could say the same thing: a rational atheist is an oxymoron, which of course it is
IP, I read Kant's CPR years ago, and dual aspect theory seems to be a reinterpretation of his two worlds view. If I understand your video correctly, it suggests that the mind is primary, and it is imposing structure to the "noumena". As I see it, dual aspect theory is saying there is a diff between looking at your cognitive faculties and seeing through them. That said, there is no physical as such, but information that is being interpreted by our mind with the appearance of being physical.
I remember reading Chomsky's challenge to physicalist where he suggests that there is no coherent definition of physical so there is no mind/body problem. In fact, he did a video called "the ghost in the machine" where he does an all out assault on mechanistic philosophy.
Thanks for the video, I'll have to do some research cause I'm still having some issues understanding it.
If you ever feel like redoing this video without the background music I would be interested to Coming back and listen
The issue with every single study IP talked about to provide evidence that the mind influences the brain is that what they call the "mind" could be the physical brain and external stimuli influencing the brain itself. For example, in the study about people with OCD who were told to concentrate, the fact that the brain was change be attributed to the fact that the external stimuli of being told to concentrate resulted in neural impulses that led the students to focus, which in turn resulted in more neural impulses that resulted in changes to the physical makeup and activity of the brain. None of this needs to be attributed to the mind at all.
So there is no good evidence that something supernatural can influence the brain because all of the evidence can be explained by physical phenomena. So we don't know of the mind being able to influence matter and matter being about to influence the mind (or consciousness), we only know of matter being able to influence the mind.
Also, an issue with idealism seems to be that IP is just calling the brain the mind. The "mind" that he describes in this scenario is exactly like the brain: it responds to external phenomena and makes outputs based on that input, and there's nothing to stop it from experiencing loss of empathy and changes to ideology when you apply pressure to the prefrontal cortex, so the mind really isn't in control of itself at all when it comes to that sort of thing. The only difference is that he's saying it exists outside of the physical realm, but there's no good evidence to suggest that it needs to exist outside of the physical realm, or that it does exist outside of the physical realm.
It is attributed to the agent focusing, in other words, through his own consciousness. So you need to show the brain creates that consciousness which changes the brain, not assume it. Because as of now, there is no evidence the brain can create consciousness. So this is an example of mind changing the brain.
I really like your content itself, but the campy music and effects cheapen it and make it much harder for me to focus on what you're saying.
Precisely.
true, I also find the shaky and breaking voice bit hard to listen to.
I had a stroke a few years ago and my right side was numb, I actually felt the stroke happening on my left top of my brain.
I didn't seek any medical help and after about 6 months I must have reconnected because I'm back to being normal.
The mind is not all in the brain, but also throughout the nerves system , so movement or muscle memory is why we are capable of playing music or doing something that we are good at.
So have you ever seen a chicken with its head cut off? It still wants to fly and hide for quite a while after.
Have you ever seen the magic of the Haitian women when they dance crazily and go into a trance, that is because they are making movements that are not the usual and they go into the unusual.
Also the mind extends a bit more than the body in what could be called a Corona, the electrical parts of the mind are the generator of large amounts of energy , and if you can learn you can do and see unbelievable things.
I knew about this stuff years ago. Good job of putting this stuff together.
You do excellent work.
Thank you.