Lucid Living

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Bowser, Nov 29, 2018.

  1. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    18,914
    Depends on what one means by 'aware'.
    'Responds to external stimuli' is part of the definition of life.
     
  2. Guest Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  3. geordief Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    2,116
    I am not quite up to speed on who might be connecting a psyche with a religious concept but I can see how it could be assumed there was a connection by some people ** (is that was "spirituality" is about? or is spirituality understood to have no connection to religious beliefs)

    Personally anything suggestive of "otherworldliness " in whatever shape or form has no attraction for me .

    It is very hard to commandeer meanings of words and so there is never going to be any end to argumentation- a good thing perhaps but frustrating if you have a yen to pin down definitions and lay them out in an orderly manner..

    ** after all "psyche" is a (central?) term in psychology and yet its derivation reads very explicitly as "soul" from the Greek which is an open invitation to those of a religious persuasion I assume.
     
  4. Guest Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  5. sweetpea Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    1,329
    Good point, I was too open there. I was thinking more of 'aware' of one's own actions of response.
    Solar cells are not aware their jiggling electrons in response to light, so to speak.
     
    Last edited: Dec 3, 2018
  6. Guest Guest Advertisement



    to hide all adverts.
  7. sweetpea Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    1,329
    Yes, to most of that. But, maybe I should say this is Bowser, so there's a good chance we know what's coming.

    I don't quote Bowser there to belittle him, but as an indication.
    Bowser, If I'm wrong, sorry.
     
  8. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    18,914
    Ah. Self-aware. Theory-of-mind.
     
    sweetpea likes this.
  9. kx000 Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    5,134
    I can visualize paradise in nature.
     
    Bowser likes this.
  10. Bowser Namaste Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    8,828
    It would seem so. At the very least, we are aware of the feeling/idea of "I am."
     
  11. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

    Messages:
    7,447
    0 + 1 = "i am"
    1 + 1 = "i am a (?)" ?
    2 + 0/1 = "i am, & you are! & i am not you!"
    1.1 + 2 = "i am & you are a(?)"
     

Share This Page