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Originally Posted by StAnselm  The assumption of communication is the existence of more than one independent mind. If there is only one mind, there could be no language.
Because there are two independent minds presumed in the statement “nothing exists outside my consiousness” A is acknowledging that B's consciousness is existing outside A's consciousness by making the statement. The statement falls apart, just by being made. |
Well, that is one perspective. Another, one that is not contradictory, is that A and B are
aspects of one consciousness, rather than separate "consciousnesses." From such a perspective, the statement holds together very well. An analogy would be that my brain sends a message to my toes, instructing them to wiggle. Are the mind and the toes separate consciousness because one communicates with the other? I don't think so, but you might. I actually think the mind is IN the toes, as well as in the head -- I think that the mind lives in every cell of my body. It's not a separate "mind" in each cell -- it's all one consciousness.
In the same way, Consciousness (The Big Mind) lives in every cell ("angela", "stanselm," etc.) as One. I understand if you don't see it that way, though.
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If these independent minds are somehow all creating or altering reality, they must be remarkably in tune to make anything function.
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Yes, I think so, too!
Remarkably in tune. I love that.