There is no "I" in "You"

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Good response. Is the self itself such a generated illusion?  What exactly is the self..is it the body, mind or some odd commingling of both?


Problems persist when we conflate the two though.

Well, I only mean similar in the sense that I think (strictly opinion here) that they are both nonsensical questions to ask.  Asking 'why is there something rather than nothing' begs the question; assumes that a state of absolute nothingness was ever an option or a potential.

Similarly, asking 'why am I experiencing existence from this particular body's POV and not someone else's' begs the question in the same way.  It's assuming there was a potential for me to be experiencing "me" as someone who is "not me".   This is nonsense because...only I can be me.  

Perhaps, though nothingness is an abstraction, an ethereal concept....the very option of nothingness is a dubious idea at best. Ontologically unlike you or I ....we both exists don't we?

This topic fries my brain, lol.  [emoji13]

Me too....that's the appeal!