Are your thoughts and experiences you?

hmmm...i'm gonna need a think on this one. i'll be back.
 

It's hard not to allow one's experiences and thoughts not to become one's self concept in life. I'm better than this. So although my thoughts and experiences do get me down sometimes, I try to keep the bigger picture in mind always. They say you can write your own life script. I'm for that.
 
I have found that my experiences of feelings and thoughts represent something that has been described as a self,soul, or ego. That belief has limited my ability to learn new things. Nothing can describe our personal experiences or notions of what we are.
 
Yes but it is not limited to that. Listening, sharing, learning and questioning are also a part of me. Striving to be better is important to me.
 
My life experiences make up most of who and what I am today. My thoughts don't hold that much weight for me as thoughts can be so fickle at times. I have managed to work around my experiences in an attempt to live the best life I can and to be the best person I can.

If my experiences had been different I guarantee I'd be a different person today.
 
In my mind, we are thinking about, looking at our whole lifetime. Things change as we age. We truly realize and appreciate all of the experiences we have had. What have I learned, I don't have to pretend any longer to fit into some expectations other have.

I don't feel the need to keep up with anyone. I do not have to maintain my outward physical looks to have a good life. I do not have to spend money to fit into others idea of what is needed to have a good life. I only have to please and make myself comfortable. That is the best part of aging, having the courage to just be yourself, no excuses!!
 
PeppermintPatty said:
I guess Bob didnā€™t like my answer. šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£
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I'm so sorry Patty. I did like your answer. I was running a wood splitter all morning, and I was kinda tired as I was zipping through answers, and somehow I thought I caught them all, but I missed yours. I assure you it wasn't intentional.

I too feel like our thoughts are like clouds just passing through. We probably have ten thousand thoughts a day that drift through our heads, but they are not me unless I grab onto that thought and identify with it.

As for the universal consciousness. I have given extensive thought to all aspects of it for years, and have copious notes regarding it, that would be way to much to examine here, except to say that I think the mystery of life, consciousness, and apparent intricate design, may suggest more than simple accidents. I'm just not prepared to say it's anything I know. Hope that helps.
 
bobcat said:
I'm so sorry Patty. I did like your answer. I was running a wood splitter all morning, and I was kinda tired as I was zipping through answers, and somehow I thought I caught them all, but I missed yours. I assure you it wasn't intentional.

I too feel like our thoughts are like clouds just passing through. We probably have ten thousand thoughts a day that drift through our heads, but they are not me unless I grab onto that thought and identify with it.

As for the universal consciousness. I have given extensive thought to all aspects of it for years, and have copious notes regarding it, that would be way to much to examine here, except to say that I think the mystery of life, consciousness, and apparent intricate design, may suggest more than simple accidents. I'm just not prepared to say it's anything I know. Hope that helps.
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Awww. That was very sweet. Itā€™s ok if you didnā€™t like my answer. It was a bit hokey. šŸ¤”

A wood splitter. Thatā€™s so cool. Does this mean that you gather your own wood for a fireplace or woodstove? Maybe both?

We gather our own wood here also. We have a wood splitter too. Itā€™s hard work but not nearly as hard without the wood splitter.

Itā€™s estimated that humans have an average of 60,000 thoughts per day. Itā€™s incredible. I think there are days that I dissect & analyze every one of them. šŸ¤Ŗ lol

That universal consciousness is a heavy topic thatā€™s very controversial. It can be like a time bomb at times so I should be more careful. The mood just struck me to be insanely spontaneous.

Thank you for your answer. That was very considerate. šŸ„°
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Awww. That was very sweet. Itā€™s ok if you didnā€™t like my answer. It was a bit hokey. šŸ¤”

A wood splitter. Thatā€™s so cool. Does this mean that you gather your own wood for a fireplace or woodstove? Maybe both?

We gather our own wood here also. We have a wood splitter too. Itā€™s hard work but not nearly as hard without the wood splitter.

Itā€™s estimated that humans have an average of 60,000 thoughts per day. Itā€™s incredible. I think there are days that I dissect & analyze every one of them. šŸ¤Ŗ lol

That universal consciousness is a heavy topic thatā€™s very controversial. It can be like a time bomb at times so I should be more careful. The mood just struck me to be insanely spontaneous.

Thank you for your answer. That was very considerate. šŸ„°
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Actually I was helping out a friend. Yesterday I was on the backhoe moving logs on a job he was doing, but today he texted me and asked if I could give him a hand with processing all the rounds from the trees cut down. So hence the woodsplitter. Running it isn't hard, it's the lifting all the heavy rounds up onto the splitter that is grueling.

As for the rest, you're right. It is a very controversial and deep topic, but it can still be fun to bat around and philosophize about.
 
bobcat said:
Actually I was helping out a friend. Yesterday I was on the backhoe moving logs on a job he was doing, but today he texted me and asked if I could give him a hand with processing all the rounds from the trees cut down. So hence the woodsplitter. Running it isn't hard, it's the lifting all the heavy rounds up onto the splitter that is grueling.

As for the rest, you're right. It is a very controversial and deep topic, but it can still be fun to bat around and philosophize about.
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Youā€™re a good friend Bob. šŸ‘
You must be in good shape too.
 
My thoughts, experiences, memories and future plans are part of my consciousness, which I think is eternal and is on a journey. The journey began before this material life and will continue after my body dies. The journey is in the direction of the divine, the realm of the universal consciousness. My place on the journey is far from the divine level and I expect to live more lives in this material world.

OK, I can't prove any of this, but I believe it.
 
MarciKS said:
hmmm...i'm gonna need a think on this one. i'll be back.
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:D My thought exactly.

What I have is a mess, and satisfies few ideals I ever had. I know why.

I am simply my thoughts and experiences. But some experiences weren't my own. My parents, my lovers, and traveling around the world and seeing how others live. I worked in Mumbai for a time. I worked with a woman there, very capable, very nice. She worked in Mumbai, but lived in a village many miles away. She had left her kids with family to travel to the big city for money, most of which she sent home. She lived in a hostel. She ate very little from her little room. She saw her children twice a year, when she'd been able to save the money to go see them.

It breaks my heart to this day. That's part of my experience, but she was far more real.

The idea is that we come in with a clean slate - but the indoctrination starts very very early. Before we even can have a thought of our own.
 
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