The Perpetuation of the "I"
posted by OnThePath | July 29, 2009
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IcerocketWhere does the perpetuation of our self-reflection, the I we perceive ourselves to be, come from?
My best guess is a combination of biological determinacy, knowledge, experience, and the corresponding memories (and physical brain changes) experiences produce.
If my brain were placed in someone else’s body, would my I travel with it? Or, is the body an important part of I as well? Does that person become me, stay themselves, or are they a fusion of two I?
Something about I, though, seems to be strangely constant regardless of everything else.
What is the source?
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An interesting conundrum...
— Jul 31, 2009
You've described an interesting conundrum of the perpetual kind...
Makes me think of when I first started wondering about how maybe "I" am "you" and "we" are all "one" - but our prime consciousness in the physical (bodily) state is rather primitive in the sense that, like a newborn, we feel we (in the "I" state, that is) are *the* centre of the universe. We never quite shake that sense of connected separateness; in fact, the more we look, the more we see that the fractal nature of reality is pervasive.
I recommend you check out the insightful work of Nassim Haramein, if you haven't already, as he sheds relevant light on this enigma (though I don't believe it will ever be, nor can it or should it be, "solved").
Stace Tussel
Well... singular perspective
— Jul 31, 2009
Well... singular perspective has been around for a grip, to put it mildly.
Maybe down through the centuries, hurt / hate / anger / and violence have passed themselves along, further supporting the necessity for the 'I'.
It's strange -- 'I' can look a lot like the number 1. And atonement can be broken down into At One Meant, or At OneMent (state of being at One).
Probably the fact that most of us see ourselves as trapped in one body for a lifetime further reinforces the mind-set of the 'I'.
It's funny you wrote this right now, because I write in my spare time, and seeing all the I's will bother me when I read through what is written. Even if they are left out, they are implied. So while I read these days, I try to notice sentence structure from the point of view of the One to see how writers get around that hump.
And I'm noticing how much I use the 'I' in this reply...
Maybe some of us are better than others at collective thinking -- exchanging the 'I' and submitting to the 'We' or the 'At One Ment'. But that's how it strikes me -- as a submission, something that must be Stood Under before it can be Understood.
I and Eye are no coincidence either. We have two eyes, but we see one image -- the 'I' image.
This was interesting! Take care
