Most of us are identified with being our "story" of who we are.
We say things like, "I am John or Jane. I am a ____________ (job title) and then go on to describe our physical attributes or our hobbies or interests. But these things change constantly. Are we really that changeable? I don't think so. I think there's an unchanging part of us that we fail to look at and so end up identifying with everything else (our body/appearance, our mind/thoughts, our feelings, our social status, our life situation, our relationship, etc) instead of with the true core of our being.
If we get in touch with what it feels like to be "us", I think it is really a feeling of "being" that has never changed -- like a movie screen upon which all our changing life stories "about" who we "think" we are, get projected. Yet this screen never seems to get affected.
Coming from this perspective, beyond your "story" of who you "think" you are, who are you? Who would you be if you had no mind and no body?
2006-08-21 02:58:09 · 14 answers · asked by My View 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i would be nothing if i had no mind
* by the way your words are amazing i thought you are a poet
2006-08-21 03:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had no job and no car, would you still be you?
If you have no arms and no legs, would you still be you?
What you are asking is a matter of philosophy, and as such, there is no right answer. But, I can tell you what I believe. I believe that everyone has an essence, a soul, that defines who we are and what we are about. The body is a collection of parts, the mind is a function of the brain, but the soul is you; it's that pure kernel of what a person is, after all is said and done. It's the person looking out through the eyes.
But, I also personally believe that you are the sum of all of your parts. I am my arms and my legs, and if I lost them, my existence would be different; I would be different. We are defined not only by what we are and what we are not, but also by our choices and how we perceive them. It's not necessarily the toy that makes the gift; it's the expectations and the gift-wrapping, too.
But, that's just my humble opinion.
2006-08-21 03:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by hotstepper2100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spirit. We are not just human beings, we are spiritual beings, which is our most important part. We should not base our lives or decisions on our feelings, or on our feelings only, but on what we know to be right and good. Feelings do change, many times every day, but what is right and having faith in God doesn't change for God doesn't change and neither does His Word to us.
Feelings and interests have a place, but since they do change as we grow or in different situations and times, we can count on Jesus not changing and our belief in Him to hold us strong and stable. Who we are is a lot of things combined and all are important, yet we are still mostly spiritual beings.Even if someone is not a believer of God or Jesus or in anything else, he/she is still a spiritual being, just has a lot more to learn in finding their way.
2006-08-21 03:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by river_mtn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
am the salt of the earth - Mathew 5:13
I am the light of the world - Mathew 5:14
I am a child of God (part of His family) (see Romans 8:16) - John 1:12
I am part of the true vine, a channel (branch) of His (Christs) life - John 15:1 & 5
I am Christs friend - John 5:15
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit - John 15:16
I am a personal witness of Christ for Christ - Acts 1:8
I am a slave of righteousness - Romans 6:18
I am enslaved to God - Romans 6:22
I am a son of God (God is my daddy so to speak) - Romans 8:14
I a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with Him - Romans 8:17
I am a temple (home) of God. His Spirit *His life) dwells in me - 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19
I am joined (united) to the Lord and am one spirit with Him - 1 Corinthians 6:17
I am a member (part) of Christs body - 1 Corinthians 12:27 (see Ephesians 5:30)
I am a new creation (new person) - 2 Corinthians 5:17
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19
I am a son of God and one in Christ - Galatians 3:26, 28
I am an heir of God since I am a child of God - Galatians 4:6, 7
I am a saint - Ephesians 1:1 (see 1 Cor. 1:2; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2)
I am Gods workmanship (handiwork) created (born anew) in Christ to do His work that He planned beforehand that I should do - Ephesians 2:10
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of Gods people in His family - Ephesians 2:19
I am a prisoner of Christ - Ephesians 3:1, 4:1
I am righteous and holy - Ephesians 4:24
I am a citizen of heaven and seated in heaven right now - Phil. 3:20 (see Eph. 2:6)
I am hidden with Christ in God - Colossians 3:3
I am an _expression of the life of Christ because He is my life - Colossians 3:4
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved - 1 Thessalonians 1:4
I am a son of light and not of darkness - 1 Thessalonians 5:5
I am a holy brother, partaker of a heavenly calling - Hebrews 3:1
I am a partaker of Christ I share in His life - Hebrews 3:14
I am one of Gods living stones and am being built up (in Christ) as a spiritual house - 1 Peter 2:5
I am a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for Gods own possession to proclaim the Excellencies of Him - 1 Peter 2:9, 10
I am an alien and stranger to this world I will temporarily live in - 1 Peter 2:11
I am an enemy of the devil - 1 Peter 5:8
I am now a child of God. I will resemble Christ when He returns - 1 John 3:1, 2
I am born of God, and the evil one (the devil) cant touch me - 1 John 5:18
I am a sheep of His pasture. Therefore, I have everything I need - Psalm 23 & 100 we always need to know where we stand with God without him we are nothing,but how great he is in us his very holy spirit living in us,his holy spirit will teach us all things and show us things to come ,will help us to pray as we should
2006-08-21 03:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by HolyDovePraise 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The body would not extremely influence the guidelines, because the body isn't something with out the guidelines. with out the mind, you're purely a hunk of flesh, because not something would understand what to do. it may be like a computer with out a not ordinary force and a modem.
2016-11-30 22:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by scharfschwerdt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that I'm just an ordinary person trying to contribute to this world before my time is up, for the future of the world. I'll be part of this world as we're made up of the elements that form this world, suffering the effects of what Man has done to the world while trying to improve it.
2006-08-21 03:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by Soaring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa
2006-08-21 03:42:56 · answer #7 · answered by Superman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a mentor pal. Don't let these questions short circuit your life. They don't matter any who. Right, I said "any who." The meaning is deep. So, read up on Deepak Chopra. OK?
2006-08-21 03:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A meaning making machine
2006-08-21 03:03:27 · answer #9 · answered by Ravi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a spirit that lives in a body.
My name is Christopher.
I came here because of what I did.
2006-08-21 03:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋