The Oxford Companion to the Mind
The second type of intelligence is the one available to the mind. It is the thought stream—the mind chatter—and it is a combination of intelligence and fear.
David Bingham • Effortless Being
The mind is generally associated with feelings, sentience, and consciousness of self, while the brain is a dissectible biological tissue. But learning about the brain, which is part of a larger system called the nervous system, can teach us about the mind and thus about our nature.
Andrew McGonigle • The Physiology of Yoga
More than 20 years ago, two philosophers, Andy Clark and David Chalmers, wrote a journal article that opened with a question: “Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” Now, that question would seem to have an obvious answer, right? The mind stops at the head. It’s contained within the skull. But Clark and Chalmers maintained that
... See moreAnnie Murphy Paul • The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
The mind is nothing more than a bundle of thoughts. Your thinking mind will always be limited by what it knows because it is defined by its past conditioning, beliefs, and everything you have encountered. Compared to the infinite nature of the Universe, our individual minds are finite and limited.
Richard Dotts • Thoughtless Mindless Spiritless Forceless Manifestations
Creating a useful, accurate picture of something complex and abstract is very difficult. And there is nothing more complex and abstract than the human mind.