When 'I' ask 'myself' a question or tell 'myself' something, am I somehow dividing something within my brain

Question

Is this an illusion of being several 'mes' created by a difference in Time?

Or is there really an 'I' as well as a 'self'? If so, what makes them different from each other?

Answer 1

Hmmmm....Im in two minds about that.

Answer 2

Why then this is an essential sign of a rational, self-examining and self-conscious mind. We would otherwise be unable to think like human beings. Poetic dramatisation of human condition in Shakespeare’s plays, for example, is perhaps the greatest manifestation of this extraordinary feat of human imagination. The countless character, each of them memorable and yet typical to its time and age, and none like the other, and if this was not enough, fierce contentions and dilemmas that they are made destined to live out, it is all just so amazing.

This is correct that we can develop multiple personalities by questioning ourselves, all in the good and healthy spirit. A person who cannot imagine another personal, real or purely fiction, can easily become miserable in situations. That person cannot escape the hell of his own reason and retributions. Without being able to question ourselves we will have only a weak sense or good and bad. This ability has naturally been endowed upon us, we should therefore make best of it.

This is also a fact that the very thing that makes us humans can drive us mad. Often when we are caught up in acute moral, emotional, and spiritual dilemmas, we are likely to take all this just a little too far.

The illusions of caused by a split mind can become frighteningly real for a person. Once sense of reality has been compromised under pressure, the integrity of entire mind can fall apart. There can be a major distortion to our perception of us. We can lose touch with the valid reality making improbable seem probable and thus a part of our belief system about our reality. When this happens then the wrong things that have started to make part of our beliefs now go beyond the reaches of our questioning ability. They make or create questions of their own. The question that then we use to question what in fact is real, or what is left as real in our mind.

The healthy pursuits are that one should always stay in touch and in communication with people. Share your knowledge, understanding and opinions. Gentle reasoning - one should question his or her self in good faith, firmly, gently, but never rhetorically. It is possible that we truly and honestly believe that there are different people, or spirits, trying to interact with us. Some people go too far and actually see such thing as they would see real people around them. People can also hear voices which is always the most popular starting point.

Answer 3

The several 'me's' is just a combination of imaginative and logical abilities of the mind.. a demonstration of good co-ordination within, so good, that even the 'self' is confused so well !
Just try to focus on the witnessing aspect of the self. It is always only 'a' witness to any number of 'me's' !
A little bit deeper sense of awareness, and an alert mind will soon get the 'feel' of the drama happening within. No harm really, since very few are so capable and such people turn out very good as multi-taskers , very good at imaginative skills, and also perhaps very good at adaptability to unfamiliar situations !

Answer 4

I think that you are doing something that is normal and human. You are questioning yourself and going within to do a self check to see if your motives are what they should be...in essence soul searching. Soul searching is a valuable thing and if we did not do that ever so often we would not have the depth necessary to be well rounded and grounded human beings.
Also I might add that life changes and we do not need to be static and stay the same...we should evolve as human beings and this is a way for us to do so.
I should also clarify...all the "I's" and "me's" are one...there are so many facets to a human being but they are one in the same...

Answer 5

Think of yourself, as a large Mind. Not a brain, a Mind, which is the part of you that is always aware. We are Watchers. And we choose what we want to see. In order to see what we want, we must move our attention to that which we want. Somthing will cause us to want to see somthing particular, wether from seeing a moment of happiness we just experienced, or seeing a moment of unhappiness in the recent moments, will cause us to want to see somthing in the next moment.

We do this with Everything. So when we ask a question, we have seen , (by experiencing) somthing that bring s our attention to the question we look at, in the new moment of Now. So we focus on the question. Then , to recieve an answer, we shift our sight , untill we see an answer that looks like what we are looking for. Yet to find the answer of Truth, One just has to Feel.

First look in the direction of the question, then look in the direction of what your next feeling is, and that will give you more sight of where you want to go next, then any other vision in the universe.

These answers, are scenes in a distance. So the answers from our own questions, come from a scene that is already there in the distance, all we must do is look in the direction that we feel most drawn to.

It is like a rich man whom wants to eat. He looks onto his table and sees many different plates of food. All he has to do is pick one. And if he follows how he feels, he will most likely choose somthing that tastes good.

Answer 6

Self-image

We are at the very core of every communication we engage in. Even if someone else starts the communication, the message reaches our sense organs, is decoded by our brain, is filtered through our beliefs, attitudes and values; the feedback we give springs from our attitudes, beliefs and values and is encoded by us. Even when we are not engaged in interpersonal communication, we are probably engaged in intrapersonal communication, i.e. communication within ourselves.

The mere fact that I have just mentioned that we so frequently communicate within ourselves probably drew your attention to what you were thinking at the time. You may have been reading the text with some concentration and wondering whether what I had written really did seem to apply to you. You may have been thinking of something else entirely - in which case, of course, you'll be wondering what I'm going on about now (unless you're still thinking about something else entirely).

There are some fairly obvious and visible forms of intrapersonal communication, such as when a mechanic uses a checklist during an MoT test or we check off our purchases on a shopping list. Post-it notes to remind us of appointments, the 'to do' lists in filofaxes are other obvious examples. We also quite literally talk to ourselves; at my age, 'What was I about to do next?' or even 'What the hell am I doing here?' are becoming increasingly common questions I ask myself. You'll hear some people speaking aloud to themselves. I recall an elderly Theology professor who never stopped talking to himself about major philosophical problems- which made it particularly interesting watching him trying to eat his soup, though it was advisable not to get too close. Others don't necessarily speak, but grunt and groan and slap their hands to their brow in anguish when trying to solve a problem - the sort you'd hate to have to sit by in an examination!

The fact that we say we communicate within 'ourselves' leads us to think that we 'have' something which we can call a 'Self'. Our language and other European languages also foster the view that what we call our Self has fairly stable characteristics and that there may also be a kind of 'core' Self, which is fairly stable regardless of how we may be behaving at any given time: 'He was beside himself with anger', 'I'm not really feeling myself today', 'I'm not like that when I'm by myself', 'She wasn't at all her usual self'. There is an implication in those usages that I can have experiences and have thoughts whilst at the same time a somehow more essential I can stand back from those experiences and thoughts and reflect on them. People who accept that animals can have consciousness and are not mere automata will often nevertheless claim that what distinguishes us humans from other animals is that we have self-consciousness. This view is pretty well summed up by the philosopher William James:


The world of our experience consists at all times of two parts, an objective and a subjective part... The objective part is the sum total of whatsoever at any given time we may be thinking of, the subjective part is the inner 'state' in which the thinking comes to pass.

Answer 7

yes, you are dividing.
mind can't live without division.
Not making divisions means, death of mind.
death of mind means, death of 'I'.
I nourishes with a recognition.
If some one says all is god, this sounds beautiful.
mind like this idea, because than one feels himself a god.
but mind doesn't like the idea that other is also god.
But mind doesn't accept this, hence create my god, my religion,
division and division and division.
mind can't conceive the idea as a whole.
only no mind can be undivided.
and one can be in no mind state only, when one is living
in here and now.
and 'I' and 'mes' its like an onion, once you start pealing,
one peal after another peal, after another peal after another
and at the end, what you find there, nothing.
if one really wants the answers of this kind of questions,
one needs to go inside, and find answer there.
And collecting answers from the outside, its again a trick
of mind.
These questions are very delicate,
one can go banana, with this kind of questions and answers.
A friendly opinion, be careful, with what you play.

good luck

Answer 8

Is the 'I' that asks the question any different from the 'me' that seeks the answer?

Make a statement I am.

Then realise that anything you add to that is just a story about 'me'.

When you ask that question out loud you hear the voice it is you.

In the hearing of what 'I' say it changes to I heard myself.

One thing many different terms.

Answer 9

Look into the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. There are many questions but no answers. Everything is meaningless. These were written by King Soloman the most wise of men. But even in his wisdom his humanity made him fall from the grace of God. God has all the answers and questions. He made us.

Answer 10

Your being normal we all question ourselves ..and don't read to much of anything else ...we question .... we answer that us and thankfully nothing else the brain sorts it out for us most of the time ..why look for a problem accept your self is the first step

Answer 11

Dividing something in your mind is like the splitting of an atom. it produces a lot of philisophical energy, and this combines the universe.