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**h98hhYxM** · 11-13-2011, 08:33 AM

...For instance, both Oxygen and Hydrogen are gases, but when they interact together they produce water (H2O). Another example is when you add two odd numbers (1+1) then you come up with an even number (=2).

What i am trying to say is, maybe our bodies, emotions, minds and consciousness are all impermenant, but when we add them together the final product can be something totally different which is our identity (the self).

You're suggesting a permanent self? To suggest the possibility is, I'm sure you know, very different from demonstrating its truth value. I'd be glad to see some evidence in support of your conjecture, though. That is, I can witness the properties or water and numbers, but a permanent self escapes me. There is also the question as to how one might witness the quality of permanence.

11-13-2011, 08:33 AM	#34
h98hhYxM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	...For instance, both Oxygen and Hydrogen are gases, but when they interact together they produce water (H2O). Another example is when you add two odd numbers (1+1) then you come up with an even number (=2). What i am trying to say is, maybe our bodies, emotions, minds and consciousness are all impermenant, but when we add them together the final product can be something totally different which is our identity (the self). You're suggesting a permanent self? To suggest the possibility is, I'm sure you know, very different from demonstrating its truth value. I'd be glad to see some evidence in support of your conjecture, though. That is, I can witness the properties or water and numbers, but a permanent self escapes me. There is also the question as to how one might witness the quality of permanence.
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