Can our minds hold two or more opposing views at the same time, or not?
By emptychair
@innertalks (23739)
Australia
November 28, 2018 5:32pm CST
I just read someone saying that our minds cannot hold two opposing views at the same time.
But, is this really true, or not?
No, this is incorrect, I thought to myself, as the mind does not know this label called “opposing views”.
The mind sees views, all views.
It is us who label a view, and when a part of us holds strongly onto a particular way of viewing what we see, then we often miss seeing the full real view, but our mind has always seen it, as has been proven many times under hypnosis.
We see all, at all times.
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We can see the fire, and what's burning, and feel warm, all at the same time.
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@innertalks (23739)
• Australia
2 Dec 18
Thanks. I like to raise interesting issues, such as this.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
2 Dec 18
@innertalks Jesus gave his life for the salvation of all of us.
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@innertalks (23739)
• Australia
2 Dec 18
@Nevena83 Yes, Jesus followed God's will for his life. He was never in two minds about anything. The double-minded man is frowned upon in the bible.
" A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."
James, chapter 1, verse 8.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
2 Dec 18
The word 'ambiguity' would not exist if that were not true.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
3 Dec 18
@innertalks There is a process called PRODEM - Problem analysis and decision making. This process exists only because we have more than one view point on matters where a decision needs to be taken.
Takes me to the line 'To be or not to be" in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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@innertalks (23739)
• Australia
3 Dec 18
@allknowing Yes, pondering over things with our minds is usually a good idea. Feeling the truth of something in our hearts is a whole other subject to discuss.
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@innertalks (23739)
• Australia
3 Dec 18
Good point. I think you are right there.
We also misunderstand for that same reason, because we refuse to be flexible with our minds, and allow more than one view to play there, until we make up our minds, but only then, after due consideration of different angles.
It's a sign of maturity, to be able to hold more than one view in our minds at the same time, I think.
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