Self✦You are unique, you will never exists again, you can not be duplicated- not even by GOD!
Your genetic make up is special. In my case my parents have had 7 children; same two people 7 radical individuals. My experiences in my life are not shared, my opinions, character, and capabilities are all distinct to me and no one else.
So what is self? Most critical factor is circumstance. One thing that empowers both the Plan of Salvation and Evolution is circumstance, it is shaping who we are physicaly, and mentally. God has always placed laws that shapes us/ your environment selects who survives. A very close subject that bleeds all over this is consciences. That is a powerful subject of its own so I would rather subcategorize this post and keep it in the realm of "what does it mean to taste self." Your "self" means not as much to any other man as it does to you. What does it feel like to be one's self, how do you know if you know your self? What attributes are invisible to the self? We all have spectacles that we see life through- so can one be trusted to judge them self; yet the responsibility of yourself is solie yours alone?
How you define yourself will translate how you conduct the way you act. Your judgment, moral choice is a product of "self." (more to come)
Steve's Response:
I refrain from the spiritual and comment on that which can be measured scientifically.I agree with much of what you have said regarding the end result of existence you call "self," though most of the organically occurring molecules that make up the physical components of the body can be duplicated and we shall see startling discoveries in the near future. Of course, your statement goes beyond the physical and defines self as a combination of physical, spiritual, and the ever present circumstance of environment. Your exactly right that I myself have my opinions, character, and capabilities unlike all others and their shall never be someone else like me. Currently Their is no formula to predict how someone shall behave and what choices they will make, though computer technology will come close in the next 30 years. The point is, when all the factors are thoroughly identified and understood, it will be possible to profile individuals and make accurate predictions about how their distinct self may behave in a certain situation. None the less, this doesn't negate the difference between people. Its important to understand the brain in the equation. The brain is the key to understanding the "self."As soon as we now what the other 90% of the brain does, we will learn so much more about the "self."
Steve's Response:
I refrain from the spiritual and comment on that which can be measured scientifically.I agree with much of what you have said regarding the end result of existence you call "self," though most of the organically occurring molecules that make up the physical components of the body can be duplicated and we shall see startling discoveries in the near future. Of course, your statement goes beyond the physical and defines self as a combination of physical, spiritual, and the ever present circumstance of environment. Your exactly right that I myself have my opinions, character, and capabilities unlike all others and their shall never be someone else like me. Currently Their is no formula to predict how someone shall behave and what choices they will make, though computer technology will come close in the next 30 years. The point is, when all the factors are thoroughly identified and understood, it will be possible to profile individuals and make accurate predictions about how their distinct self may behave in a certain situation. None the less, this doesn't negate the difference between people. Its important to understand the brain in the equation. The brain is the key to understanding the "self."As soon as we now what the other 90% of the brain does, we will learn so much more about the "self."
Brandon:
You didn't answer my questions! they are in purple
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