Historical Philosophy of Mind and Professional Ethics

Abstract

Being human beings, it becomes our need to understand ourselves. The Self ('I') is the basis of everything we do. The Self (`I') is conscious in nature while the body is physico-chemical in nature. The interaction between `I' and the Body is in the form of exchange of information. We will focus attention on two categories of attributes of the Self, namely the powers of the self and the corresponding activities as the manifest outcome of these powers. The problem today is that our activities of realization and understanding are inactive, we are unaware of them. As a result, we are not able to operate on our own right and keep operating on the basis of pre-conditioning and sensations i.e. we are operating only at the levels of desire, thought and expectation today. We have to start referring to our natural acceptance, i.e. we have to start operating on the basis of realization & understanding then we get self-organized which is what we basically aspire to be. When we have the right understanding i.e. when we operate on the basis of our natural acceptance, our desires, thoughts and expectations are streamlined which leads to harmony in the activities of the self, as a result of which, they get self-aligned.