@kennethamy,
hi
kennethamy;76903 wrote:
If that is the real question, then surely the answer is, yes. For example, the head exists outside the mind, since the mind is contained in the head.
uh...... well actually it does make sense that the head does not exist! If you look you can see this clearly. Not for the faint hearted though. So perhaps i shouldn't have mentioned it. If you are interested there is a great little book called "on having no head" and the authors surname is harding i think. ...... But it isnt for the faint hearted.
Incidentally, by logic, if the mind is contained in the head then the mind is absolutely
huge. The size of a lanscape, as far as the stars. Which is almost the same as seeing that you haven't got a head if you think about it, bar a few semantic quibbles. But go careful! This stuff is amazing and can bring about extreme reactions such as catatonic states, hysteria, laughter, tears, meglomania and so on. All very zen. ...... and
dont panic. The mind will bring you back to common sense if you do experience no head, and all is mundane and hunky dory again. Except that it isnt
But going back to the question whether anything can exist outside of the mind. It is this question that highlights the amazing discovery of the unconscious. We now have more possibilities since Freud.
a the tree falls outside of minds whether they hear it or not.
b the tree falls outside of the conscious mind whether it is heard or not, but does not exist outside of mind generally.
c the tree only falls when in the conscious mind irrespective of its existence in the unconscious mind or outside of mind altogether.
In other words the roots of the trees existence now has three possible realms. Is it a matter of urgency to know which one is 'true'?