{"id":86284,"date":"2022-12-02T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=86284"},"modified":"2022-12-14T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:48:53","slug":"you-are-not-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/you-are-not-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Not Your Body: Dispel the Myth, and Find More Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you and your body one and the same? What difference does it make?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Solve for Happy<\/em>, Mo Gawdat outlines an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/formula-for-happiness\/\">algorithm for happiness<\/a>. It involves dispelling several misconceptions that cause us to suffer. One of these is the notion that our minds and our bodies are the same rather than distinct from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn how you are not your body and what difference that makes for your happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-are-not-your-body\">You Are Not Your Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The misconception that you are your body stems from the perception of self. Gawdat claims that people typically identify with their bodies. But, on the contrary, Gawdat argues that you are not your body; you are a non-physical observer of your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: So-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/out-of-body-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">out-of-body experiences<\/a>,\u201d where people report observing their physical bodies from a vantage point outside of them, arguably provide empirical evidence for this thesis. Scientists even concede that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6016047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">out-of-body experiences are difficult to understand<\/a> if our mind is purely physical.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His argument depends on what he calls the \u201cperception test\u201d and the \u201cpermanence test.\u201d The perception test dictates that, if you\u2019re able to observe an object, you\u2019re distinct from it. (Shortform note: This is closely related to Gawdat\u2019s argument that you are not identical to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/listening-to-your-inner-voice\/\">voice in your head<\/a> because you can perceive it.) The permanence test dictates that, if one of your qualities changes while you remain unchanged, you\u2019re not identical to that quality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The permanence test can be derived from <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/identity-indiscernible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Leibniz\u2019s Law<\/em><\/a>, which states that two objects are identical only if the second object has every property that the first object has, and vice versa. Because change is itself a property, then two objects can be identical only if they change simultaneously, per the permanence test.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your body fails both tests. First, it fails the perception test because we can easily perceive our body. Second, it fails the permanence test because our body undergoes change while we remain unchanged; for instance, your body cycles through millions of skin cells daily, but you\u2019re still <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since we aren\u2019t identical to our body, Gawdat concludes that we\u2019re non-physical observers of it\u2014thus, <strong>the events that impact our physical bodies don\u2019t affect our true selves<\/strong>. When we realize that we\u2019re not our bodies, we perceive the harms that befall them with indifference and our perception of life improves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Dualism and the Mind-Body Problem<\/strong><br><br>Far predating Gawdat\u2019s claim that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-find-your-true-self\/\">true self<\/a> is non-physical, Rene D\u00e9scartes articulated the same view, referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/dualism\/#SubDua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cartesian substance dualism<\/a>, which states that our body is simply a vehicle through which our immaterial soul perceives the world.&nbsp;<br><br>However, substance dualism faces a potent objection\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/iep.utm.edu\/rene-descartes-mind-body-distinction-dualism\/#H4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mind-body problem<\/a>\u2014which asks how a non-physical entity can causally interact with a physical entity. In other words, how could a non-physical object, like the soul, cause a physical object, like your arm, to move? Because we only witness causal relations between physical objects\u2014like one billiards ball causing another to move toward the corner pocket\u2014it\u2019s unclear how a <em>non-physical object<\/em> could impact the physical realm.<br><br>In response, D\u00e9scartes speculated that <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/pineal-gland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our soul interacts with our brain via the <em>pineal gland<\/em><\/a>. However, no evidence substantiates this claim. Instead, modern dualists like William Hasker have suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/9781119468004.ch4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the soul <em>emerges <\/em>via the brain<\/a>, allowing for the possibility of a scientific explanation of this relationship.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you and your body one and the same? What difference does it make? In Solve for Happy, Mo Gawdat outlines an algorithm for happiness. It involves dispelling several misconceptions that cause us to suffer. One of these is the notion that our minds and our bodies are the same rather than distinct from each other. 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