Further problems with dualism (soul mind and body)

Problem of interactionism

How can the spiritual soul/mind influence or direct anything in a material/physical body and vice versa?

How pain interacts with the body and mind

If i hurt my body my mind feels it e.g. phantom limbs. War victims/amputees still feel pain even though the limb is no longer there

How does the mind feel things the body needs

The mind feels sensations of hunger and thirst when the body needs nourishment

Siddhartha Gautama

On his journey to enlightenment he needed the goats milk to live e.g. realised that food is necessary to reach enlightenment

Proof the mind and body are connected

Even at the highest stages of meditation (when the mind can turn of the body) the body still needs nourishment. E.g. Siddhartha Gautama