Thread: Selfhood?
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Old 08-21-2011, 01:51 PM   #3
casinobonusa

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bobo, I think developing insight and wisdom is somewhat like untying knots, too, in the sense that much of the most important things to do is to un-do what has already been done. That is, the way society has taught us to habitually view and think about the world, as well as ourselves, is deeply flawed. The idea or perspective that we are beings who are born, live some number of years and then die, all the while embedded in an outside universe, is a flawed perspective. It doesn't match observation and experience. There is nothing about the newborn that is identical to the child, the adult or the dying person. No supernatural spirit, no ghost of any sort in the machine has ever been observed, so why believe in it?

Ultimately, it's up to the individual to develop insight into what it means to be, and how it is what it is. Fingers (words) can point you in the right direction, but be careful to to fixate too much on the fingers. Head off in the direction they point and see for yourself what's there.
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