Helpful advice for me, to be fair. I don’t know if we can truly be in control of our minds but you do lay out the correct hierarchy of importance
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radiofreebc@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
AskewLord@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
being in charge of your mind is entirely your choice.
pretending that it can’t be, is an excuse to just not take responsibility for it.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even being completely in control of your body is not a choice for most people. First, the disabled, then more generally, anyone who is not well-educated on physiology and fitness.
Every week I learn one new thing about fitness or one new exercise or stretch and i only get slightly more in control of my body as a result. I’m sure some people are totally in tune with their body but I doubt that it’s achievable even for every able-bodied person.
Ergo, I believe we 100% have a separation of Soul, Mind and Body. Since your soul is not your mind, you do not have full unity with or control over your mind. It would probably be harmful to have full unity with it, in fact, and be boring to have full control over it
AskewLord@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
cool, i don’t believe that at all. sounds like a convenient fiction to me.
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
This is not my experience at all. My mind is a kaleidoscopic minefield and out there in the world, there are small refuges where I can find help, or at least rest, where I can gain perspective on my own mind and help make sense of it. Books, friends, quiet places in the woods and fields, cups of tea, benches near murals.
If your mind is a safe place I am happy for you. Mine is constantly trying to kill me, and the world and the people in it have helped me stop it, at great effort on both our parts. Those safe places are there because they help people like me live. Which is a pretty cool thing for the world to do, I think.