yeah, it's nice to think "mind over matter". it really brings a feeling of empowerment to our own intellect. it goes along with the idea "if i think hard enough, anything is possible". I neither claim to the know the "truth" nor am i accusing you to be wrong. but you have to realize, often the buddist's ideal of mind over matter or belieef over matter is in the form of self conquering. it is more of a "mind over body" kind of thing. in another word, it's an existantial struggle with oneself. a buddist monk may not be able to fly, but he will never feel the urge to fly or that not being able to fly a limitation for within his intellect, he is satisfy with the condition of the mind not the body. thus it's not mind over matter in the literal sense but more of abandoning the material world for a world of the mind... at least this is what i think fundenmental of zen buddism is.. i can be way off too
you decide
it's your own mind, and your own world within your intellect
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