Another reflection on the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, with the aim of convincing you that you are not your body, nor are you your mind. The argument is phenomenological, that is, derived from the necessary structure of your everyday consciousness. I also consider the practical, ethical, and spiritual implications of this radical, nondualistic conclusion. Enjoy!
https://orderoftarot.com/advaita-vedanta-why-you-are-not-the-body/
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@rachelwilliams
I think that way as well (I am not my body, and I am not my mind - I can observe thoughts that come up the same way I can observe sounds).
But I confused myself recently haha
If consciousness is noncausal (you used the word actless), it does not affect the universe (mind, body, environment - you used the word nature), and because of that the universe has no way of "knowing" about my consciousness.
But, I am (my mind and body) currently typing about my consciousness. How does my mind (and by extension - the universe) know that I (consciousness) exist?
If my mind knows that consciousness exists then consciousness must have causal power somehow.
Or is it the other way around: mind thinking from a consciousness-like perspective gives us the ability to talk about consciousness (even without being conscious - philosophical zombie).
A conscious being that doesn't think from a consciousness-like perspective wouldn't be able to talk about consciousness, because its mind would know nothing about consciousness.
Those are then two separate things: my mind that is thinking from a consciousness-like perspective (and about consciousness), and me (consciousness). Consciousness is aware of the mind, but the mind is not affected by consciousness in any way.
I am less confused now when I typed everything out haha
