What Is the Essence of Mind?

[zenmaster]

You say it is vague, zenmaster, to equate the mind with the act of thinking, but I do not see the vagueness.

But that was not what was said. I was responding to the notion of mind being equated to self-contained "thoughts".

Also, the faculty of thinking is one aspect of "mind", it is not mind.

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Based on what we've shared and learned here, is it fair to say that animals have no mind, as such?

Mind is a principle that's an intricate part of each density. Even photons have a 'mind'. Each density provides some analog of the mind we are familiar with.

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One could say "It's all in the mind", and they would be both correct and incorrect.

This is why it begs the question of why the container idea continues to be repeated, as if it was providing contrast for some seemingly antithetical view. Possibly 3DM perceives that what is non-subjective can't be known. But then communication (or any teach/learn roles for that matter) would not be possible.