the question of the relation of mind and body
the question of objectivity
how do I know of mind
I have consciousness
and this having of consciousness is to know of the
having of consciousness
certainly human consciousness
I know that I know
perhaps we can short cut it by saying consciousness is lucid
what I mean is it sees itself
in every act of itself
every idea if you will
an idea is self-aware
can this be further analyzed? - I think not
so - the body
the mind regards
the mind regards the body as outside of itself
it regards itself as inside the body
the mind knows the body as matter
matter is 'that which is outside'
the mind knows itself as 'not matter'
the mind recognizes its content as ideal
therefore itself as ideal
the inside of the body is consciousness
the outside of consciousness is body - is matter
the unity is logical
mind and body are two dimensions of the one entity
the physics of the body is the surface of the entity
this is the object of science
matter is surface
the inside is consciousness
it is the knowing of the surface
that which knows
that which is known
the brain as an object of science is no different to
any other physical surface
it can be known
our knowledge of the brain is knowledge of the surface -
of a surface
it is not knowledge of consciousness
the outside is not the inside
the mind is not an object of knowledge
it is the knower
to regard the mind as object is to mistake it for the body
