07-27-2010, 12:06 AM
Tiff wrote:Ok, but there's more. Our thoughts cannot be this powerful. While writing this post I use thought. But when I fall asleep at night I forget my breathing, and even during the day I forget to notice breathing and heartbeat etc. So my personal thoughts are not always focused on phenomena, something that is not "personal" sustains continuity. I already stated otherwise, that our thoughts ARE indeed that powerful, and for a minor example, I proved that to myself...the matter of creative imagining. I'm not the only one who has "created" things and situations using creative imagination.
Tiff wrote:What part of you Gonzo is personal? Your body is not, it was created by your mother and father's DNA. Your thoughts were shaped by those who you had contact with you, so what part of you is untouched by surrounding phenomena? You cannot say your thoughts, because some people can read very clearly others thoughts and repeat them back, and also the imagination (imagery) of one can be seen by another. So where is this isolated "you" that makes you individual?
That which thinks is personal, is unique...the "sum" part of Cogito, regardless of current physical manifestation, regardless of conditioning, regardless of influences...actually, those very things contribute to its uniqueness. No other being in the universe has experienced what I have, nor been influenced as I have at this particular moment. The same may be said of you, as well as every other being.
Tiff wrote:What part of you Gonzo is personal? Your body is not, it was created by your mother and father's DNA. Your thoughts were shaped by those who you had contact with you, so what part of you is untouched by surrounding phenomena? You cannot say your thoughts, because some people can read very clearly others thoughts and repeat them back, and also the imagination (imagery) of one can be seen by another. So where is this isolated "you" that makes you individual?
That which thinks is personal, is unique...the "sum" part of Cogito, regardless of current physical manifestation, regardless of conditioning, regardless of influences...actually, those very things contribute to its uniqueness. No other being in the universe has experienced what I have, nor been influenced as I have at this particular moment. The same may be said of you, as well as every other being.