What is the difference between a brain and a mind?

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What is the difference between a brain and a mind?

If you have a body, it doesn't mean that you have a life.

It seems to be ridiculous:

How can I "have"a body if I do not have a life?

It seems that "you" are not necessary the same with "your body" or "your life".

It might be only a word game.  Or it might be true:  "you" are always there to manage your own body,  plus your life.

Important is the next difference between your brain and your mind.

Would it be possible that someone does have a brain but  doesn't have a mind?

A brain is a physical organ.

It seems that the mind is the product of the brain.

But it is difficult to distinguish them.

What if the brain is gone but the mind still exists?

Can the mind exists outside the brain?

This is only a naive imagination.  But if someone do not allow such naive imagination,  it might be too pratical and not interesting at all.

And the only fact is:   No one in history has ever returned.

You will not see Beethoven again.   You will not see Julius Caesar again.   No one in history has ever returned.

It is both bad and good.

Because everyone is new.

Because everyone is different from the old.

It is wonderful.

All you can hope is you can live in the memory of the future people,  like the other best of humans.

It might not be something called a "fame".

You don't need to keep your fame in history,  as said Li Bai the famous poet.

But a good fame will live on.

Those best of humans will live on in the memories of the future. 

They are models for our future.

What are the best of humans?

They are heroes.

note:

The writer will be going to Singapore for the next three weeks.

"I'll send you some of my best wishes from Singapore....."

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