/lit/ - Literature

If Dualism is true, then by what means does the mind interact with the body?

If Dualism isn't true, then how do we explain unseeable mental processes such as intention?

The Character of Love Seen As A Search For The Lost.

You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world:
And each is the work of all.

There is the muffled step in the snow; the stranger;
The crippled wren; the nun; the dancer; the Jesus-wing
Over the walkers in the village; and there are
Many beautiful arms around us and the things we know.

See how those stars tramp over the heavens on their sticks
Of ancient light: with what simplicity that blue
Takes eternity into the quiet cave of God, where Ceasar
And Socrates, like primitive paintings on a wall,
Look, with idiot eyes, on the world where we two are.

You, the sought for; I, the seeker; this, the search:
And each is the mission of all.

For greatness is only the drayhorse that coaxes
The built cart out; and where we go is reason.
But genius is an enormous littleness, a trickling
Of heart that covers alike the hare and the hunter.

How smoothly, like the sleep of a flower, love,
The grassy wind moves over night's tense meadow:
See how the great wooden eyes of the forrest
Stare upon the architecture of our innocence.

You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road:
And each is the work of all.

Then, not that man do more, or stop pity; but that he be
Wider in living; that all his cities fly a clean flag...
We have been alone too long, love; it is terribly late
For the pierced feet on the water and we must not die now.


Have you ever wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?
Have you seen the homeless in the open grave of God's
hand?
Do you want to aquaint the larks with the fatuous music
of war?

There is the muffled step in the snow; the stranger;
The crippled wren; the nun; the dancer; the Jesus-wing
Over the walkers in the village; and there are
Many desperate arms about us and the things we know.

How do you guys deal with sensory overload while reading?
In college, I must read multiple chapters of science textbooks, philosophy books, novels, books on law, etc. in only a few days. While it would be no issue if I merely covered the same amount of material on one subject, the fact that it is so varied and I jump from subject to subject makes accomplishing anything in classes extremely difficult, as I will often forget information and suffer some sort of headaches.

For the sake of the thread, I will say that I have had to read, consistently, a collective rough estimate of 200 pages of material per night, covering multiple topics. Again, this would be simple if it were just one topic, but it is a lot of various information. How do you deal with it?