Pardon me if this topic has been addressed before. Recently I've been thinking about my own awareness of myself, my consciousness. You know how everyone is aware of themselves and you wonder what it would be like to be someone else. This intrigues me greatly, but I feel that there is no possible answer for this unfortunatly. I wonder if, when I die, that awareness of myself will exist again as another person. I'm not talking about having a spirit or even reincarnation. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. Sorry if I'm a bit vague, it's so hard to put my thoughts on this to words
I guess I know what you mean. I have thought about it too. I like the idea. I have decided, though, that it probably isn't likely (if it was it would almost have to be something like reincarnation, right?). I think it's all just over when it's over. It sounds crappy, but I don't worry about it much because I won't be able to care at all when I'm dead anyways, so why worry now?
Thanks for replying. I don't actually really care about there being nothing after this life, it would be nice, but as you said it probably isn't likely. Also, I think maybe I wasn't being too clear, as this is rather difficult for me to articulate, but I'm not really thinking reincarnation. No links to a previous life. You know how now our consciousness comes into existence out of nowhere (or we don't understand). When we die, that dies. I just wonder if out of nowhere, again, that sense of "me" could exist again as another person. *head explodes*
I think I know exactly what you're talking about. Like we just exist again, like suddenly we again are aware, but of course no remembrance of anything cause it's only just us existing kinda.. I've thought about that a lot too.. And also like along those lines, when are we first aware of our own existence... But anyway, in the end would that really be any different from merely ceasing to exist?
- - -- - An after life would be nice, but we shouldnt allow ourselves to become delusional in order to achieve it.
hi cerberus me too! i spend so much time just wondering what it's like to be the person i'm talking to, my conversations tend to end up muddled. i think you're getting confused; your 'awareness of self' (self), cannot exist as 'another person'. if your self is in a new body, then that person is still you. that would be reincarnation. peace,
I wish telepathy was possible, then I could convey to you exactly what I mean. Ah well EDIT Actually, Soulless||Chaos knows what I mean. You are quite right when you say it is like ceasing to exist, because this mind and body will die. I will be honest and say I don't want to die, because I want to see how the human race progresses(or not), there is so much to learn. This is why I like concepts such as reincarnation, even though I don't necessarily believe them. It's better than heaven/hell. What I propose is sortof like an inbetween ceasing to exist/reincarnation, SORTOF.
Sort of like how your hamburger becomes poo, which becomes grass, which becomes cow, which becomes a frozen hamburger patty, which travels to wendys and does not get used for a burger so it gets chopped up and put in the chili until the next time around it actually get's to be a burger again, but this time it is the bacon mushroom melt so it is higher on the wheel of life?
I think I know what you mean Cerberus. I wonder if a person's personality is entirely determined by their environment, though, and if so I wonder if the same personality could exist twice, as they would have to exist at separate times and places. And if there is something innately "you", how could that not be reincarnation? No one but you can be innately you. It's strange to think about, though. Maybe you yourself are exceptionally emotionally similar to someone who has already existed. I guess it doesn't amount to much if it's true.
