ABSTRACT
The mind does not exist as an entity in the individual’s scheme of things provided the individual psyche-soma or body scheme has come satisfactorily through the very early developmental stages; mind is then no more than a special case of the functioning of the psyche-soma. In health the mind does not usurp the environment’s function, but makes possible an understanding and eventually a making use of its relative failure. The patient wants to be relieved of the mind activity which has become a threat to the psyche-soma, but the patient next needs the full-functioning brain tissue in order to be able to have psyche-soma existence. It is logical to oppose psyche and soma and therefore to oppose the emotional development and the bodily development of an individual. It is not logical, however, to oppose the mental and the physical as these are not of the same stuff.
