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The question of which human attributes make up the mind is also much debated. Some argue that only the "higher" [[intellect]]ual functions constitute mind: particularly [[reason]] and [[memory]]. In this view the emotions - love, hate, fear, joy - are more "primitive" or [[subjective]] in [[nature]] and should be seen as different in nature or origin to the mind. Others argue that the rational and the emotional sides of the human person cannot be separated, that they are of the same nature and origin, and that they should all be considered as part of the individual mind.

The question of which human attributes make up the mind is also much debated. Some argue that only the "higher" [[intellect]]ual functions constitute mind: particularly [[reason]] and [[memory]]. In this view the emotions - love, hate, fear, joy - are more "primitive" or [[subjective]] in [[nature]] and should be seen as different in nature or origin to the mind. Others argue that the rational and the emotional sides of the human person cannot be separated, that they are of the same nature and origin, and that they should all be considered as part of the individual mind.

In popular usage mind is frequently synonymous with [[idea|thought]]: It is that private conversation with ourselves that we carry on "inside our heads." Thus we "make up our minds," "change our minds" or are "of two minds" about something. One of the key attributes of the mind in this sense is that it is a [[private]] sphere to which no one but the [[owner]] has access. No-one else can "know our mind." They can only know what we [[communication|communicate]].

In popular usage mind is frequently synonymous with [[idea|thought]]: It is that private conversation with ourselves that we carry on "inside our heads." Thus we "make up our minds," "change our minds" or are "of two minds" about something. One of the key attributes of the mind in this sense is that it is a [[private]] sphere to which no one but the owner has access. No-one else can "know our mind." They can only know what we [[communication|communicate]].

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'''THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE'''

'''THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE'''

Though the work of [[Thought Adjusters|Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in nature, they must, perforce, do all their work upon an [[intellectual]] foundation. '''Mind''' is the human soil from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the co-operation of the indwelt [[personality]].

Though the work of [[Thought Adjuster|Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in nature, they must, perforce, do all their work upon an [[intellectual]] foundation. '''Mind''' is the human soil from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the co-operation of the indwelt [[personality]].

There is a [[cosmic]] unity in the several mind levels of the universe of universes. [[Intellectual]] selves have their origin in the cosmic mind much as [[nebulae]] take origin in the cosmic energies of universe space. On the human (hence personal) level of intellectual selves, the potential of [[spirit]] [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the mortal mind, because of the spiritual endowments of the human personality together with the creative presence of an entity-point of absolute value in such human selves. But such a spirit dominance of the [[material]] mind is conditioned upon two experiences: This mind must have evolved up through the ministry of the [http://mercy.urantia.org/paper /paper65.html#7.%20EVOLUTIONARY%20MIND%20LEVELS seven adjutant mind-spirits], and the material (personal) [[self]] must choose to co-operate with the indwelling Adjuster in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] self, the evolutionary and potentially [[immortal]] soul.

There is a [[cosmic]] unity in the several mind levels of the universe of universes. [[Intellectual]] selves have their origin in the cosmic mind much as [[nebulae]] take origin in the cosmic energies of universe space. On the human (hence personal) level of intellectual selves, the potential of [[spirit]] [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the mortal mind, because of the spiritual endowments of the human personality together with the creative presence of an entity-point of absolute value in such human selves. But such a spirit dominance of the [[material]] mind is conditioned upon two experiences: This mind must have evolved up through the ministry of the [http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper36.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper36.html&line=103#mfs seven adjutant mind-spirits], and the material (personal) [[self]] must choose to co-operate with the indwelling Adjuster in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] self, the evolutionary and potentially [[immortal]] soul.

Material mind is the arena in which human personalities live, are self-conscious, make decisions, choose God or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.

Material mind is the arena in which human personalities live, are self-conscious, make decisions, choose God or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.