What are we referring to when we say I? It can't be the soul, because we say: "my soul" so we can't be our soul because it is shown as being in possession of ourself .We say my heart, my soul, my body, my mine, who has possession of this? Me? Who is me? There is my name, my thoughts, my life, my possesions etc. but yet we can never identify who this person is who has possession of us.
2007-04-24 03:06:44 · 9 answers · asked by >;-;< 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Technically, we can be our soul, our body or our mind....if one of the latter truly is the self, then saying "I am my soul(or body or mind)'' is no different to saying ''I am myself(note: MY self)"
2007-04-24 03:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by [operatic stock character] 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
... a spiritual being in a physical body ..... like a driver of a car on a highway ~ with an exception ~ with a car without a destination? maybe a new driver with a new car driving on an old road without a map, or an old driver driving an old car on a new road with a wrong map or a young driver with an old car driving on a new road with a route map but donno where to go? ..... an operator of a telephone ~ spiritual being in physical form on earth plane to learn the life's lesson ...
2007-04-24 04:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by mohd Yusuf I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gooood question. I would say the "subject", unidentifiable, universal, the great " I ". As I perceive us and everything to be one.
This answer is meaningless to a lot of people but its enough in my view.
2007-04-24 03:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who am I = How do I define myself in relation to this world; What do I want from this life?
2007-04-24 04:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by Analyst 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there's the Ego = I
What is this ego = I ?
It is a desire; a desire to receive. That's why I, me, my, mine all refer to this reality, that's who you are, a desire to receive.
You want because you lack and you also want to be filled, of course; so you suffer when you're not satisfied.
Ego = I = Lack = Suffer
This is *that reality* that we all have to deal with *in time*
Good luck.... I mean, GOOD LUCK!
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2007-04-24 03:33:39 · answer #5 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are all linked together using the universal mind - all in the same soup - searching for clarity. Somewhere in our minds we know we are not separate so it it difficult to know who we are....
2007-04-24 03:17:13 · answer #6 · answered by chatting 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you are who you what to be
2007-04-24 03:11:00 · answer #7 · answered by juanita2_2000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are the ghost in your machine.
2007-04-24 03:34:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-04-24 03:08:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋