Proof of Mind: Is it Physical, Spiritual, or Something Else?

Our experience of Mind differs from the content of our mind.  In dreams, fantasies, and every manner of imaginative thought, there are no limits we need observe, no restrictions on physical action, and the rules can change every time we wish it so.  The mind represents a different world; when we speak of it, we speak as if we are our thoughts, yet we persist in a physical interaction and believe the material world is much more important than our thought-world.

Is there proof of the mind as a separate entity?

Building Belief in Solitude

Our own view of the world is all we have, all we know, and the only thing that reminds us we exist at all.  This appears to me as an obvious fact, but one which I'm always willing to explore other possibilities.  I must go on alone because there is no other way to go on.

All that we experience, we experience alone: we are conceived in darkness, alone, and we die into darkness, alone.  I shall say that all we have is our own thought, our self, to keep us company.

A Socratic Process

I am the Socratic Ape.

Ask the scary questions, then ask some more until ignorance becomes apparent or frustration prevents further inquiry.  This is my socratic process; this is the expression of my desire to understand why anything exists at all.

There is no subject unworthy, no theme that is taboo, and even nothingness is something to explore.  Join me, if you wish, as I trod the path to gibbering madness.

As an intro, here's an article I wrote about consciousness.