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I have meditated enough to be unconvinced that even the me that goes to sleep is the same guy who woke up that morning. I try to be good to the guy who wakes u
by mcculley 6y ago
I have meditated enough to be unconvinced that even the me that goes to sleep is the same guy who woke up that morning.
I try to be good to the guy who wakes up with my memories and body the next morning. That makes me no less unhappy about dying.
- dsiroker 6y agoThat is a refreshing perspective.
- AlphaSquared 6y agoFrom an Islamic religious perspective, the soul is taken out of the body when you sleep and then put back into it when you wake up. Much the same way as when you die. So there you have it :)
- deathanatos 6y agohttps://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1
- makx 6y agoI'd even go so far as to say that the me from 10 minutes ago isn't the same me as now. Consciousness isn't continuous, it arises and ceases. It's our memory that gives us the illusion of continuity. And this is what makes me absolutely unconcerned about dying. From what I read, this is what the Gautama Buddha meant with Anatta[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta