do you become it, or does it become you?

Question

"IT" ..... everything you experience

Answer 1

Fundamentally "you" refers to the subject. "It" refers to the object. A subject/object pair refers to the relationship between something that is experienced, and something that is doing the experiencing. "You" experience "it". "You" must refer to that which is doing the experiencing, for otherwise there either would be two "you"s, one doing the experiencing, and one being experienced. (We refer to thoughts as "my thoughts" or feelings as "my feelings", tacitly recognizing that what is fundamentally you is that which is experiencing those feelings, thoughts, or experiences, not the experiences themselves. If the feelings or thoughts, or any other experience, were themselves you, then we would not be able to tell ourselves "don't think that, or don't feel that" because such statements would contradict our own being. When you think these things, you intuitively recognize that you are having these thoughts or feelings or experiences, that is, you are the subject experiencing the object, i.e., the thoughts/feelings/experiences). On the other hand, if "you" is not the subject, but rather the object, there would be "you" which was an object of some other experiencer, and who would that be and how could we say that "you" were even sentient/conscious/aware? If "you" is neither the subject or the object, then what would "you" be?

Every phenomenal "thing" that might be collectively considered "you" is an object of awareness, is really an "it". Your body, your thoughts, your feelings, your choices, your profession, your talents, your hobbies, your family, your friends, etc., all are objects of awareness/consciousness, all are "its". But we have already said that "you" must be the subject, or the experiencer, in the subject/object relationship, not the experienced (the objects), nor both (nor neither). So none of these things can be what "you" are.

That is, if by "you" we mean that which is most subject, then "you" would be that which is aware of everything else (including those things which may conventionally be considered a "part" of you). And that which is aware of everything else, but cannot become aware of itself (as an object of awareness) is consciousness. (That consciousness may or may not actually exist as consciousness per se is a subject of another conversation, for our purposes it will sufice.)

How could an object of awareness (an "it") ever "become" you, when by definition they are objects in the subject/object pair? That is, how can something that you are aware of be you, when you are that which is aware of those things?

What is happening, then, we might say, is not that objects of awareness -- whether they be thoughts, feelings, character traits, or anything else -- become the subject that is aware of these things . . . but rather, that the subject that is aware of these things identifies with them and tacitly declares them to be qualities of the subject. So in this sense, the answer to your question is that you (the subject) does not become it (the object), nor it become you, but rather you pretend, or mistakenly believe, that you are it.

Answer 2

Do you become the experiences go through, or do they become you? Well, a very big part of who you are now, is defined by your past experiences, but what you will do, the experiences you will have in the future are the results of your actions, which are initialized through your decisions, which have been made from the knowledge (past experiences) you already posess..so its kind of a complicated answer, but i would say it becomes you, and you make them happen by being who you are..its a cycle. I hope that made some sense. =)

Answer 3

If I understand this correctly and 'It' refers to a persons life experiences then I would say both.Your experiences become you as a part of your memories.You become your experience in the sense that it has influenced the kind of person that you have become to this point of your life,pending on changes yet to be had thru new experiences .

Answer 4

I become it. As it could never become me, because I am already defined by it.

Answer 5

"Do you become it, or does it become you?"

In becoming "it", "it" becomes part of you. In becoming "it" you are accepting "it" for the values it portrays, and embracing "it" and everything "it" represents. By accepting, "it", and those values "it" portrays, become a part of you. For you can't become something without it becoming you.

Answer 6

Both and neither.. "it" and "you" are subjective labels that through habitual likes and dislikes clutter our ability to see things as they are. True nature lies beyond the marrow of thoughts.

Answer 7

You initiate it, and it becomes you.

Answer 8

To paraphase President Clinton "that depends on what you mean by 'it'".

Answer 9

do u b/c first or do u b/c second?

Answer 10

it won't unless I let it