Materialists assume that both the thinker and the thoughts are physical phenomena that are somehow created in the brain. They believe that nothing exists except matter.
Dualists, like Plato, Descartes, and most Christians, say that spirit and matter are two distinct substances.
Others believe that the material world is an illusion, Maya, and that only the spirit world is real. (Without observers, there wouldn't be any physical reality.)
However, what is matter, really? Electrons and quarks? And what is an electron, a particle, like a tiny, tiny grain of sand, or a wave, like light?
What is dark matter? Roughly 80 percent of the universe is made up of dark matter. The physicists have no idea of what kind of matter this is; they just know it must be there, according to their calculations. So they call it dark matter.
And what is the spirit world made of?
What is dark matter? Roughly 80 percent of the universe is made up of dark matter. The physicists have no idea of what kind of matter this is; they just know it must be there, according to their calculations. So they call it dark matter.
And what is the spirit world made of?
Materialism and spirituality are outdated concepts. Who knows, maybe there is just one world that is both material and spiritual: wind and rain, rocks and life forms, thoughts and conscious thinkers, illusions, dreams, and ideas, synchronicities and various mystical Psi phenomena...
And maybe there are tons of universes out there somewhere.
And maybe there are tons of universes out there somewhere.
Materialists don't know what matter is and spiritually oriented people don't know what spirit is. It's a waste of time to ponder over such things. It is much more important to try to figure out how to live.
