I Swear You Will Be Fine

studying psychology is a lot of trying to make sense of things and people – mostly people. what is going on inside their minds and of their bodies. what is the relationship between our mind and body if there is a relationship to speak of at all? is it the mind telling the body what to do, or is it the other way around? we’re starting a new term soon, and though you probably wouldn’t have chosen the same subject (cos you’re doing counselling with Sha, and i would never), i thought this might’ve been an interesting conversation we would have in the student hub.

what’s self-identity? john locke believed that personal identity is defined by the continuity of consciousness and memory, not by the persistence of the same body or soul. Locke rejected the idea that identity follows consciousness, not the body or the soul. the thought experiment he illustrated this with is about a prince and a (pauper) cobbler- that if a prince’s consciousness is transferred into the body of the cobbler, and the latter commits a crime, the guilt lays on the prince (consciousness) and not of the cobbler (body).

why is this interesting or important?

would you agree that though your body is no longer with us, we’re all just taking a part of your consciousness and memory and living them as part of our identities now? if personal identity is just a continuation of such, how important this is then we continue these conscious reminders of what you might say, think or do, and in response to how we might interact and engage, based on memories of you.

Sometimes, sha would ask it was delusional for us to talk to you like you’re right there. and i agree with locke and with sha, you’re right here, and you always will be. we’ll have to make sure of that.

“Lynnda”