we cannot step outside of mind to see it - to regard it as an object - in the way we i.e.
see a physical object
this is quite obvious - to suggest otherwise is ridiculous
mind is that which explains
it must therefore be regarded as unexplainable in itself
in this sense the mind cannot be known
what can be known is mind as it is - as it appears
that is awareness
awareness is all there is to it
we cannot objectify awareness and place it within awareness
what I mean here is i.e. - Jack Smart and other mind-brain identity theorists argue the
mind is a brain state
what we have here is a theory of mind - physicalism - which it is thought can then be
made applicable to the act of mind - to awareness
so that the idea of physicalism - a conception of mind
is said to explain mind
no such idea - physicalism or another - is a theory of awareness (there is no such
thing) it is a product of awareness
what is produced is not that which produces
or a concept that comes out of mind
is not mind
mind is not an idea
mind is the source of the idea
to apply the idea - as an explanation of mind is to presume a realm of knowledge -
outside of mind
it is to assume there is a place we can see mind from
this is of course ridiculous - unless you think you can argue for an ideal transcendent
realm - in e.g. the way Plato did - or spiritualists and religious people do
such concepts are just posits of mind out of mind
