The Who

[bioascension]

What defines the self? In essence, the simplest answer is the actions perpetuated by the entity in question. Hence, the saying: If I were not me, then I would be someone else. Simple, to the point. And ultimately flawed logic when you throw in what is known about personalities. Just food for thought before I journey off from this terminal. ((

Comments

[sabrina_pandora]

My advice to you is to begin drinking heavily.

[bioascension]

A liquid diet, or more along the lines of what people just do?
I really do think it is an important question that everyone should answer. I mean, if someone isn't happy, it remains within their own grasp to either change the situation or change themselves. I think that the movie K-Pax illustrated the point nicely. Sometimes the only thing that you can change is yourself, cutting away delusions and misunderstandings and realizing exactly "Why I think the way I do." Know thyself?
Yes, I think I will have a beer tonight. Good suggestion. But was it because I wanted a beer, or I've had it suggested to me and backed up by seeing people drink? Interesting tangential question: how much of me is me?

[sabrina_pandora]

I dunno... I think most of me is me. I've never met anyone like this before... though I would welcome it, truth be told.

[bioascension]

A dinner with yourself? I say dinner only because some of us would kill ourselves if in a room for longer. Hmmm, definitely worth sounding out. Clarify, please: with yourself or someone similar to you? And if similar, how similar? Same story, new names, or much more of a generalization?

[sabrina_pandora]

Hmm, fair enough.

With myself or similar to the point of being undetectable would be fine by me. Same story with new names would just be me, so much more of a generalization would likely be a better idea. Though truthfully just me would work.

There's a theory behind this that I have come to realize, and that is through my experiences in my mind I crafted the perfect woman, the ideal mate, my very own dream girl. We all do such things in our idle moments, mentally whittle at the sculptor's clay in our minds to get a better idea of what we seek. In my case I defined it very, very clearly and specifically, adding minute details in many areas while leaving some broad generalizations. But overall, the picture was rather complete, a list of wishes for the cosmos of what I sought in the perfect woman.

I should have been more specific. Apparently the cosmos decided it would be funny if it took the clause "You never specified that it had to be someone else".