2007-09-20 00:44:17 · 9 answers · asked by remy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think you're going to have a balanced view of your not using your mind (brain) what do you want to be thinking with? Your pancreas?
2007-09-20 00:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you have to leave preconcieved notions behind and truly be open to learning what's true, even if it goes against things you've believed for years. But, the mind is always involved in the process.
However, I'm a person who's never been able to successfully meditate or "clear my mind"--it's always going 1,000 mph. I think meditation could give you "peace of mind", but if you are deliberately NOT thinking about anything, I don't see how that could answer any questions or issues you were dealing with.
2007-09-20 00:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That depends... my entire life I have always thought there were two of me... not in an mpd kind of way but... there is the me and the I. The me reacts and lashes out at the world... disregards things outa hand without much hesitation. However the I has always been able to maintain a view from multiple perspectives... its one of those intangibles I have never been able to put to words so... neremind...
2007-09-20 03:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think that sometimes people uphold the notion of a "balanced" view over the truth?
2007-09-20 01:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you meaning the rational part of it? If so, I think we sometimes have to quiet it and require it to honor the spiritual part and let the spiritual discover for us what the rational part is incapable of discovering. What we really need is the discipline to let them work simultaneously. Walking the spiritual path with practical feet is the best balance.
2007-09-20 00:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by jaicee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.
We do have to be careful, thoughtful, especially in matters of theology, because any undue emphasis on a particular doctrine does create an imbalance. Eventually, it becomes the whole emphasis.
2007-09-20 01:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by Jed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, that really doesn't make sense. Your thoughts are in your "mind" as are your emotions, they both occur in regions of your brain. In either case, you need to use your "mind" to determine your view.
2007-09-20 00:55:08 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A guy once told me "judge with your brain, but take decisions with your heart" - this is how I try to combine the both
2007-09-20 00:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by larissa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As the mind is the only way to perceive the world, no, I don't think so.
2007-09-20 00:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋