Summing up one position I happen to endorse:
"Mind" is the origin of "thoughts" or intrapsychic conceptual
structures. It is possible to focus attention of the "thought"
OF "Mind", but since "Mind" qua "Mind" is not a "thought" it
cannot be a constituent of any cognitive experience.
For this reason, it cannot as such be designated by any term
in a description of experience.
The word "Mind" is simply used to designate the necessary
and sufficient Reason for the experience of thoughts. In
this sense it is a logical construct, and it is unnecessary to
argue about whether "Mind" exists or not. It is an explanatory
principle, and as such inexplicable.
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Robert M. Owen
Director
The Orion Institute
57 W. Morgan Street
Brevard, NC 28712-3659 USA
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