Re: Mind's Eye Matter

"Individual will " is a product of the organism and ceases to exist
on its death. God gives birth to organisms , sustains them throughout
life ,and takes them back into His fold so vigorously that they lose
their separate existence for ever.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Lee Douglas <leerevdouglas@gmail.com> wrote:
> This really though is merely an explination of a process, and no way shows
> or proves that free will is a myth.
>
> Think of the process of smelting metal. You are left with metal and slag.
> It is a mistake to equate the slag as being the same as metal. Yes without
> the process of metal smelting the slag would not exist, nor would the metal,
> but both are uniquie individual items with a 'life' seperate from each
> other.
>
> Similarly the brain and the way it works give rise to consiouscness and the
> human will. It is a mistake to equate will as being the same as brain.
>
> Are you claiming that you will has no power over other parts or products of
> the brain?
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> On Sunday, 19 August 2012 19:38:26 UTC+1, RP Singh wrote:
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>> Whatever I think and do is a product of my brain which is matter ,
>> even my efforts to improve myself arise from the brain and so it is
>> the brain controlling itself. It may therefore be said that I am not
>> free but under the control of the brain and free will is a myth.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 9:27 PM, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The ' I ' is a projection of the mind , which is matter. Matter is under
>> > the
>> > control of various laws and can never be free. Many of the constraints
>> > to
>> > our 'will' are visible and accepted by all. It takes a deep
>> > understanding to
>> > the know the bondage behind the obviously ' free will ' .It is so easy
>> > to
>> > accept the obvious , but to know the subtle ties that bind us is true
>> > understanding.
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