To all my Muslim readers!
And what's more, no Moonfighting! Although the ibn Saud continued with their literalist insistence upon actually seeing the new moon before declaring the end of the month, their chosen date coincided remarkably well with what ISNA and others said long ago - that Ramadhan this year would end this Sunday. Most, if not all, of the Muslim world will, inshallah, have celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on the same day.
It is sad that this is an accomplishment, but it is at least progress.
And, to round out my own Ramadhan, here is an interesting video to reflect upon, considering that the decision to fast is, very obviously, a conscious choice.
And yes, in fact, I do believe that we are metaphysical beings!
2 comments:
Why is your "biological drive" any less part of your conscious self than any other part? Competing mental processes isn't proof of (or even a good reason to believe in) warring homunculi within the self.
In order to have this discussion, we need definitions of the terms "conscious" and "self."
If we define "conscious" as "explicitly aware" and "self" as the totality of a human being's experience, then it is possible for the "biological drive" to be separate from the "consious self."
I don't think it's a necessary separation, but the man in the video is suggesting that it is usually the case.
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