Sure you do, they’ve been pointed out to you in all the previous threads of a similar ilk. It basically boils down to the fact that all these theories you stumble across have no evidence, make up meaningless jargon, assume facts not presented, and use awful logic. In short, they’re crap arguments.
Can we convince you of anything if we say “science agrees with it”?
Apparently yes.
Because I fear that I am missing something or maybe there is something too it I dont see. Or maybe there isn’t and im just falling for another thing because it shocks me.
I just wish I knew if this was right or not.
It’s not. The problem isn’t with the wingnut theory, it’s with your inability to accept logic. But you already know that.
Logic seems to side with him since he is saying that all that can be verified is the experience not the object or physicality
That’s poor logic and poor philosophy. You don’t seem to have a particularly good grasp of either. Your previous threads are pretty clear on this.
I am well aware of that, but the fear of being wrong and missing out is real though.
Why? Missing out on what? Different people have different ways of looking at things and understanding their place in the world. Understanding this particular guy isn’t likely to bring you comfort. Or, if you prefer, just accept he’s 100% got it all figured out. What do you do then? Same as now, I suppose.
Well it was like with previous threads where “if I cannot find a solution then they must be right”. OR “if I don’t listen to them then I’m living a lie”.
OF course looking at it logically that can apply to just about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. It seems silly and to be honest this intense fear and anxiety doesn’t really feel that justified. But whenever the way I live and understand life is threatened then those feelings come back to the surface.
Like in who you really are. Some say there is no such thing, that we change and adapt all the time and who we are today isn’t the same down the road. Others say there is some untainted version of you and that worldly experience creates a “false version of you”. I don’t know either but if there is no “who you really are” then I don’t know how to guide my life.
Machinaforce: You need some kind of introductory philosophy book.
If you read the book and you still feel completely lost, try a therapist.
I tried and intro to philosophy book, but I didn’t really understand it. It also ended up doing more harm than good.
Have any of your similar threads brought you any relief or insight into why this bothers you so much? Or are we doomed to repeat this cycle again and again?
Sounds like you need someone to just tell you exactly what to believe, here it is:
Your body is real
The world is real
Consciousness is the word we use to describe the experience going on inside our minds
That’s it.
Not really, it’s more like this just gets buried down deep as another disaster surfaces.
I still haven’t gotten over the whole “the mind is pictures taken from our experience and is recorded in the body,but the experience isn’t you for it is the false mind.Therefor you must cleanse yourself of the thinking patterns shaped by experience to find the true self and become truth.” That it isn’t really you because you weren’t born that way.
SO living a lie is my number one fear.
A guy that doesn’t have time to bleed.
In the trichotomy of self: mind, body, soul, strict distinctions are, as yet, unkown (that is even assuming you ascribe to a trichotomy). Don’t panic. Everything is normal, for certain levels of normal.