What am Ɪ?

[AgnosticBoy]

On another thread, one member stated the following regarding humans:

The Self is the witness, all pervading, complete, one, free, consciousness, inactive, unattached, without desires, peaceful, even when it revolves or wanders in the cycle of births and deaths

This is very interesting because Christianity, and many in philosophy, say otherwise. In Christianity, man is viewed existing as a Trichotomy (body, soul, and spirit).

Here Swami says that we are without desires (presumably without thoughts, as well??). We are essentially, an all-pervading consciousness. There's clearly a conflict here since consciousness makes up 1 out of 3 of the parts of man according to Christian thought.

For debate:
So which view is correct?
Is man divided into 3 parts that make up our being, or is there only one part?
Can philosophy or science even tackle this question?

 

[William]

I understand that what is being said here, that "The Self is the witness, all pervading, complete, one, free, consciousness, inactive, unattached, without desires, peaceful, even when it revolves or wanders in the cycle of births and deaths" is simply an aloof overall mind indifferent to the concerns of other minds - as a watcher rather than a co- participator.
In that, the idea brings no connect between minds and The Mind. No co-creative interactive bridging mechanism as if The Mind simply views minds as 'other than itself' and is unable to interact with said minds because it observes these minds as illusionary - and being described as "witness, all pervading, complete, one, free, consciousness, inactive, unattached, without desires, peaceful, even when it revolves or wanders in the cycle of births and deaths" appears mindlessly fixated like a dribbling halfwit in front of a television - something of an oxymoron which has minds screaming "What are you doing? Get with it!" -