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**AdvertisingPo** · 05-27-2011, 12:44 AM

Yes, I think that's it.

The question is about how that sense of self kicks in again after somebody has regained consciousness. But again, I am not making any assertions here--I just want to know if this question, or something similar ever came up as recorded in the Pali scriptures. There are people here who are much more familiar with those texts than I am.

I think what you are asking is an interesting question. Why a sense of self naturally prevails in the mind and how that kicks back in even if you have lost your memory completely. I think this is what we call "nature". That is the way things naturally are. If you observe an infant you can see that it has a basic instinct for survival. Even a plant responds to sunshine, turns it branches in the direction of the sun. It has a survival instinct of its own and a sense of self-protection. That's just the way things are in nature imo.

05-27-2011, 12:44 AM	#16
AdvertisingPo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Yes, I think that's it. The question is about how that sense of self kicks in again after somebody has regained consciousness. But again, I am not making any assertions here--I just want to know if this question, or something similar ever came up as recorded in the Pali scriptures. There are people here who are much more familiar with those texts than I am. I think what you are asking is an interesting question. Why a sense of self naturally prevails in the mind and how that kicks back in even if you have lost your memory completely. I think this is what we call "nature". That is the way things naturally are. If you observe an infant you can see that it has a basic instinct for survival. Even a plant responds to sunshine, turns it branches in the direction of the sun. It has a survival instinct of its own and a sense of self-protection. That's just the way things are in nature imo.
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