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Does a "True Self" Exist?

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RE: Does a "True Self" Exist?

July 16, 2015 at 6:57 am (This post was last modified: July 16, 2015 at 7:05 am by chasbanner.)

(July 15, 2015 at 8:41 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I don't think emotions can be the self. We experience emotions as something happening TO us, i.e. as something of the body but not necessarily of the self.

I am not my pain, or my joy, or my anger.

What are you, then?

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Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 2, 2015 at 12:49 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by robvalue - July 2, 2015 at 1:58 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 2, 2015 at 2:34 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by The Inquisition - July 2, 2015 at 4:53 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 3, 2015 at 1:57 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 3, 2015 at 5:24 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by robvalue - July 2, 2015 at 2:47 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Cato - July 2, 2015 at 2:54 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 2, 2015 at 5:31 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 2, 2015 at 6:41 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 2, 2015 at 6:56 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 2, 2015 at 7:01 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 2, 2015 at 8:44 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 3, 2015 at 1:53 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by robvalue - July 3, 2015 at 1:55 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 5, 2015 at 11:11 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Cato - July 5, 2015 at 11:44 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 5, 2015 at 1:08 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Whateverist - July 5, 2015 at 11:59 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Whateverist - July 5, 2015 at 1:16 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 5, 2015 at 1:32 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Whateverist - July 5, 2015 at 1:50 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 5, 2015 at 4:41 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by brewer - July 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 6, 2015 at 6:36 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Cato - July 6, 2015 at 7:21 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by The Grand Nudger - July 6, 2015 at 8:39 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 6, 2015 at 4:45 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 7, 2015 at 5:58 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 7, 2015 at 6:55 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Cato - July 7, 2015 at 9:51 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Excited Penguin - July 7, 2015 at 8:43 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by JuliaL - July 7, 2015 at 9:17 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 7, 2015 at 10:47 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Cato - July 8, 2015 at 2:11 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 8, 2015 at 7:50 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by robvalue - July 8, 2015 at 1:44 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 8, 2015 at 7:20 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 8, 2015 at 10:20 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 8, 2015 at 12:42 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 8, 2015 at 1:42 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 8, 2015 at 4:14 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 8, 2015 at 9:12 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 8, 2015 at 10:24 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by robvalue - July 9, 2015 at 3:20 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 9, 2015 at 7:05 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 9, 2015 at 9:37 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Whateverist - July 9, 2015 at 9:15 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by The Grand Nudger - July 9, 2015 at 9:18 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 13, 2015 at 3:10 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 13, 2015 at 9:10 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 14, 2015 at 6:40 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 14, 2015 at 1:39 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 15, 2015 at 6:43 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by MysticKnight - July 14, 2015 at 6:12 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by dyresand - July 14, 2015 at 7:14 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Salacious B. Crumb - July 15, 2015 at 5:08 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by ignoramus - July 15, 2015 at 5:41 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 15, 2015 at 8:41 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 16, 2015 at 6:57 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 16, 2015 at 2:19 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by chasbanner - July 17, 2015 at 6:11 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by popsthebuilder - July 16, 2015 at 12:59 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Whateverist - July 16, 2015 at 1:05 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by The Grand Nudger - July 16, 2015 at 9:21 am

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by Brian37 - July 16, 2015 at 2:54 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by bennyboy - July 16, 2015 at 7:05 pm

RE: Does a "True Self" Exist? - by ignoramus - July 17, 2015 at 5:45 am

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