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    #14368990 - 04/28/11 07:33 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

anyone else find humanities ability to mentally change form fascinating? Think of the play 'Cats' where mentality of a cat is taken on and then physically expressed. Or the mentality of a horse whisperer. Or the man who lived amongst the bears. Or even closer to home, an actor who takes on the mental structure of a character, embodying thoughts and emotions outside of their normal routine. Anyone else find this to be a process of shapeshifting?


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Re: shapeshifting [Re: Kickle]
    #14369038 - 04/28/11 07:40 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Additionally, does anyone think there is a danger of losing identity in this process? Or is there simply no identity to be lost?


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Re: shapeshifting [Re: Kickle]
    #14369132 - 04/28/11 07:53 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Or is there simply no identity to be lost?




Aye. We play many different characters throughout the day. We react to different people in different ways. I think it shows us something telling, as you point out, about identity. It's like the whole Maharshi self-inquiry meditation, "Who am I?"... When you really look for your identity you can't find it. Well, you can say you are your body, or you are your thoughts... but the body changes throughout time and eventually dies... and thoughts change on a momentary basis. Why should the I thought be any more potent than the thought of anything else?


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Re: shapeshifting [Re: c0sm0nautt]
    #14370970 - 04/29/11 01:56 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

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Or is there simply no identity to be lost?




Aye. We play many different characters throughout the day. We react to different people in different ways. I think it shows us something telling, as you point out, about identity. It's like the whole Maharshi self-inquiry meditation, "Who am I?"... When you really look for your identity you can't find it. Well, you can say you are your body, or you are your thoughts... but the body changes throughout time and eventually dies... and thoughts change on a momentary basis. Why should the I thought be any more potent than the thought of anything else?




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