I Am You Are Me

[The Hammer]

How can you be me? The answer is time

"That you believe you were your five-year-old self is grounds to believe that you can be another person, right now, while still being you, argues our executive director in this stimulating theoretical essay."

What do you say, are We All just Me?

Am I you? Or am I me?

Who are you?

 

[dybmh]

 

[The Hammer]

Any comment on the essay?

 

[Daemon Sophic]

Any comment on the essay?

Back to reality.

 

[dybmh]

Any comment on the essay?

I think you captured the most important aspects of the article. From my perspective the dissassociation depends on intimate knowledge of the other person and a strong sense of empathy. By targetting shared or universal emotive qualites you could be me, and I could be you in a limited way in spirit.

 

[The Hammer]

Back to reality.

Nothing here seems to deny reality imo. Theoretical conjecture isn't outside of reality.

 

[The Hammer]

I do find it interesting that our interactions with space-time, is what keeps the very fabric of our ability to logically percieve reality intact.

 

[stvdv]

What do you say, are We All just Me?

Am I you? Or am I me?

Who are you?

This idea I see in Advaita

Meaning:
Your true identity is Atma (Divine)
As such there is only One

 

[The Hammer]

This idea I see in Advaita

Meaning:
Your true identity is Atma (Divine)
As such there is only One

One and the Many

 

[Heyo]

Who are you?

I identify as an attack helicopter.

 

[stvdv]

One and the Many

Yes,

Similar as:
Water in drops of ocean water splashing up, is the same in quality as ocean water, the only difference is quantity

 

[Jedster]

 

[MikeF]

How can you be me? The answer is time

"That you believe you were your five-year-old self is grounds to believe that you can be another person, right now, while still being you, argues our executive director in this stimulating theoretical essay."

What do you say, are We All just Me?

Am I you? Or am I me?

Who are you?

Non-coherent. Relies solely on authors "intuition", or unsubstantiated ideation.

In short, this is not a thing.

 

[The Hammer]

Yes,

Similar as:
Water in drops of ocean water splashing up, is the same in quality as ocean water, the only difference is quantity

Not quite how I perceive the the Divine.

 

[Bathos Logos]

How can you be me? The answer is time

"That you believe you were your five-year-old self is grounds to believe that you can be another person, right now, while still being you, argues our executive director in this stimulating theoretical essay."

What do you say, are We All just Me?

Am I you? Or am I me?

Who are you?

No denying that we are all, individually, just as "trapped" in our own bodies now as we were at 5 years old. It's a continuum of existence and consciousness, all occurring within a single, slowly changing physical medium. And one that can't be shared across parties. All experience points to this. I can't see your version of the color spectrum. I can't know what lemon tastes like for you. I can't know what it feels like to move your arm, or you mine. I don't share the intricacies of your makeup - your maladies, physical or mental foibles, memories, the route that particular neural activities fire off in order for your brain to retrieve the mental image of an apple. We're so different in the minutiae that it is ridiculous to even consider that we could be "as one" in any practical sense. Can we assess and understand that we are similar in the meta-categories of our separate existences? Things like what we are made of, that we feel emotions, think thoughts, can perform similar feats, etc.? Sure. Easy peasy. Am I "you" by any measure of what that might practically mean? No.

 

[The Hammer]

I identify as an attack helicopter.

I see the resemblance

 

[stvdv]

Not quite how I perceive the the Divine.

Maybe 2 people must be identical to perceive the Divine identical.

 

[The Hammer]

Maybe 2 people must be identical to perceive the Divine identical.

Sub reality w/Divine if you wish.

1- In some ways reality is One.
2- In some ways reality is Many.
3- In some ways reality is both One and Many.
4- In some ways reality is One but indescribable.
5- In some ways reality is Many but indescribable.
6- In some ways reality is both One and Many yet still indescribable.
7- In some ways reality is just plain indescribable.

 

[stvdv]

Sub reality w/Divine if you wish.

1- In some ways reality is One.
2- In some ways reality is Many.
3- In some ways reality is both One and Many.
4- In some ways reality is One but indescribable.
5- In some ways reality is Many but indescribable.
6- In some ways reality is both One and Many yet still indescribable.
7- In some ways reality is just plain indescribable.

You used the word "perceive". I answered with that in mind. Perceive is subjective, hence no need for boxes. Human (mind) is too diverse to get two people to "perceive" the same

 

[The Hammer]

You used the word "perceive". I answered with that in mind. Perceive is subjective, hence no need for boxes. Human (mind) is too diverse to get two people to "perceive" the same

Which is why diversity, Plurality and the Many are to be accounted for and respected.