There Is No Mind-Body Problem, but One of Blood

Every Dwindling End Has Its Vigorous New Beginning

Is there a mind-body problem? Or is there rather no such problem? Famously, René Descartes created this Cartesian split. But in hindsight, it seems that the French philosopher was trying to cut the mind out of the body in order to do away with the latter.

It's glaringly obvious that the body is the key to solving the spirit-matter problem. The mind inhabits the body, and the body inhabits the world. We are incarnated minds, embodied beings. The flesh of our body is very distinct from trees and rocks and metals.

The body is the center of our personal universe. It awards one the gift of motion. The body in motion acts as the gateway that seamlessly links one’s thoughts to actions. The body is the tool to help materialize one’s dreams. It is also the house in which the mind or soul lives.

The blood in one's veins is brought to life by the heart pumping it truth the lungs, mixing blood with air, invisible spirit that we all breath. The blood in men becomes their semen, and in pregnant women blood becomes the milk, to create and feed babies with liquid life.

Blood is thus, in every way, a life-giving force. It is no wonder that ancient Celtic and Germanic magicians used to sprinkle animal blood onto their congregation during rituals. To give life to the community. Christians today still consume the bread as though it were Christ's body, and the wine as though it were Christ's blood. Again, all meant to keep the religious people vigorous.