Hi everyone!

In this meeting we will try to discuss an age old philosophical debate that has been a favorite of many (mine included), and has interesting consequences on our world-views and understanding/experience of reality.

It deals with the inherent (for some, apparent) division between our inner and the outer world. The inner world being our world of personal experience - full of thoughts and emotions. The outer world being the material reality that feeds our senses of sight, hearing, smell etc. While we can split apart the thinking organ of a person, the brain, we still cannot access their perceptions inside of it. This division that we have inherited, results in the dual worldview - which is mind (inner) and matter (outer).

We will discuss the following questions that hop around the topic, feel free to suggest more!

• 1. Do you think that the world exists by itself, if not perceived by you?
• 2. Do you see the world, as separate from the self?
• 3. Do you think we experience the world without any personal bias?
• 4. Do you think it is possible to observe one's experience, without interfering with it?
• 5. Where do you perceive yourself to reside? Is it in your head, your chest, your stomach?

Some interesting material to read:
On oneness of the mind (What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEGVveSLqDmpkTJeR7fpsVIw-i-MGW6a/view?usp=sharing

Random quote:
"Suppose the mind to be reduced even below the life of an oyster.
Suppose it to have only one perception, as of thirst or hunger.
Consider it in that situation. Do you conceive of any thing but
merely that perception? Have you any notion of self or
substance? If not, the addition of other perceptions can never
give you that notion." - David Hume