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Old 08-09-2007, 11:46 AM
KipBond KipBond is offline
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Default Re: I am me, right? What if I wasn\'t completely me? Would I still ex

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"You" are an illusion. Every moment a new illusion is formed. This new illusion seems to be the same as the previous illusion, but that is also an illusion.

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"Illusion" seems a bit off the mark, in the sense of "what is suffering the illusion?"

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Nothing. Or the illusion. Depending on how you want to look at it.
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Old 08-09-2007, 01:12 PM
luckyme luckyme is offline
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Default Re: I am me, right? What if I wasn\'t completely me? Would I still ex

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"You" are an illusion. Every moment a new illusion is formed. This new illusion seems to be the same as the previous illusion, but that is also an illusion.

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"Illusion" seems a bit off the mark, in the sense of "what is suffering the illusion?"

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Nothing. Or the illusion. Depending on how you want to look at it.

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I'm in the 'the illusion is enjoying the illusion' camp if I'm stuck with word 'illusion'. At least I can't seem to conceive of something that is me but not having any illusion of conscious me that would still have the qualities that make me me. If my brain could stop 100% and then be restarted, what was in existence in that stopped period would not be me. That seems obvious ... which sends out warning puffs to me :-)

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