… that aspect of intellect and consciousness experienced as combinations of thought, perception, memory, emotion, will and imagination, including all unconscious cognitive processes. The term is often used to refer, by implication, to the thought processes of reason. Mind manifests itself subjectively as a stream of consciousness.
Theories of mind and its function are numerous. Earliest recorded speculations are from the likes of Zoroaster, the Buddha, Plato, Aristotle, Adi Shankara and other ancient Greek, Indian and, later, Islamic philosophers. Pre-scientific theories grounded in theology concentrated on the supposed relationship between the mind and the soul, our supernatural, divine or god-given essence.
Do any of these notions "correctly" speak to the notion of mind? Personally, I'm thinking not.Which attributes make up the mind is much debated. Some argue that only the higher intellectual functions constitute mind, particularly reason and memory. In this view the emotions—love, hate, fear, joy—are more primitive or subjective in nature and should be seen as different from the mind as such. Others argue that various rational and emotional states cannot be so separated, that they are of the same nature and origin, and should therefore be considered all part of what we call the mind.
I find myself considering that mind is akin to notion of ether (which was once a popular name for so-called empty space). Might mind actually be another name for time and space? Might time and space be the manifestation of Cosmic Mind—God?
Just as Einstein used the equation E=mc² to demonstrate the relationship between energy and matter, might there be another equation that demonstrates that energy itself is a derivative of mind? Might the Wikipedia entries above simply be an epiphenomic expressions of our inter-action with mind. An inter-action wherein our brain "tunes into" b]mind[/b] rather like a super-heterodyne radio receiver "tunes into" radio frequency modulations (BTW: this is a simile not a metaphor)?
Might the impulse to know God be the result of our "brain" tuning into Cosmic Mind (the mind of God)?
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this.