Are the mind and the body two different entities or are they reliant on each other?

the body is physical, but what is the mind?, and how are these two things linked? do they depend on eachother or can they survive alone?
Are the mind and the body two different entities or are they reliant on each other?
the mind is all powerful, but essentially, not real. without thoughts, where is the mind? the body is another heap of earth that moves and performs according to the consciosness it is endowed with. if you investigate the components of the body, it is also empty space, at it%26#039;s core. it is a projection of mind stuff which is basede oin our conditioning: ouir beliefs, our personal ideas, our environment. based on these, it is manifestated as another evolutionary process. a very important one! therefore they are certaintly not two different entities, wholely dependant on one another. just remember, you are not your body or your mind anyway. ;you are the eternal, and still presence behind the two. the awareness that allows all of this world, including your mind and your body, to Be. this is difficult to understand with your mind, because the entity we call ego gets in the way. it is also false. the content of most people%26#039;s minds are filled with their ego.
Are the mind and the body two different entities or are they reliant on each other?
for things like this i like to think of computers. they are very similar minus the self-aware part.





the mind is for human beings as the display on your computer is for your computer.





it%26#039;s a manifestation of signals running through a physical object. and it changes depending on its %26quot;experiences%26quot;.





every computer has a %26quot;personality%26quot; and that is directly a result of the physical %26quot;shape%26quot; of the computer itself


(like image on the hard drive, speed of cpu, ram and whatnot).





and it has a body surrounding its internal organs, that comes in different shapes and colours.








but from a genetics perspective i think the shape of the body and the mind are linked. i think that people that look the same must have certain characteristics of the mind that is similar as well.





i don%26#039;t mean like people with the same color hair, or same color skin, or eyes.





but people that have the same %26quot;look%26quot; like how people with down syndrome, have different colored hair and height, and different color eyes and whatnot, but they all have a same %26quot;look%26quot;.





and i think all people might be this way, but having similar genetics of the mind and similar personality is far from being the same thing. because people%26#039;s personality is also greatly influenced by the events of their lives. also most people i never see another that seems to have the same look as someone else, but sometimes i find it happens.








i think when you say mind you really only mean self awareness in a sense.





the venus fly trap closes on a fly when it %26quot;feels%26quot; it right?





but does it really feel? is it aware of the sensation? i woudl say no it is just automatic.





but whould you give the plant self awareness, this alone would probably create the sensation. simply by being aware of it.





just like you could be fast asleep totally unaware someone tickles your face, you move to brush it away, but the sensation doesn%26#039;t exist at that point, you must be aware of it.





so somehow i think the shape of your brain, is such that you can be self aware, and to be self aware of the workings of your mind and body, emotions and whatnot, i think is what you would call mind.





whether or not you call that physical i don%26#039;t know. are these letters physical? i guess so, is their meaning? is a dream physical? is a color? i think the answer is always yes and no.





just like you could imagine if you considered images on your computer screen to not be physical for the sake of argument, they are still physical in a way because they are i guess in essence the signals that produce them. and those certainly exist physically.





so i think your awareness makes things not seem physical, and your awareness itself, is perhaps not really a physical thing, but it certainly is the product of physical things and requires them to exist. the same way a car moving forward is not a physical thing but it needs all of its parts to go forward.
Reply:The mind is thoughtful and the body si physical. If the simile of a computer was used for the mind, then whichever bit would be the brains where everything is controlled from. The body would be the physical stuff. There was this guy called Descartes, and here is a line from my notes of his work %26quot;Connections between the mind and body%26quot;. His great saying was Cognito ergo sum%26quot; I think therefore I am.%26quot;
Reply:this reminds me of the story when the arms are bragging how strong they are,the legs how fast they can run,the brain how smart it was,each claiming to be the best body part,then the usually shy,unnoticed stomach reminds them that if all the other parts did not work together to give him food then the whole body would die.nothing can survive alone.
Reply:The mind is our experience of the software running in our brains. In actuality it is a series of processes, like the pump on your toilet, that refills when the tank signals it is empty. To learn more, read %26quot;I am a Strange Loop%26quot; by Douglas Hofstadter.
Reply:You may find this interesting:





http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062516...





http://www.heartmath.org/
Reply:Of course they depend on each other kill the body and the also kill the mind