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It seems to me that the observing mind = I, as the word I is used above.
It seems also that this observing mind did not or could not experience itself totally apart from the body. The observing mind found enough evidence of itself as being different to the body but still the evidence was not objective enough for a pronounced declaration about the distinction of the two.
This may be because the observing mind is itself the reference for itself and for the body. It is like removing coolness from ice?
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Beautiful response. Deep insight.
- [Body ⇆ Mind] ← Atma (Madhva's response)
- [Coolness ⇆ Ice] ← Atma (Observer) (Madhva's Analogy)
- [Coolness ⇆ Ice (Observer)] (Marcia's method)
Ice and Coolness are distinct but near impossible to separate. Coolness is an inherent expression of ice.
Body & mind are distinct but they inherently express with each other.
Just laid out the methods for comparison.
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