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[supahtonto]

i want so badly to believe that i am more than just a brain inside a body. i wish i could have faith in the fact that this is more than neurons and electric pulses running through my cortex and medula. i can see another person's body, and know what the brain inside looks like, and i feel in my own brain that that would not be enough to produce

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[theyallhaveone]

Amen.

[supahtonto]

get the fuck on aim brother.

when it's 4am and i need someone to talk to, you need to be aroundddddd.

it's been too long.

[theyallhaveone]

I'll do it!

[icron387]

Where are you looking for the sign of spirit?

[supahtonto]

i'm not exactly sure what you mean.

[icron387]

You already believe but where are you looking when you say you wish you saw signs of a spirit to carry on your life your everything once your body dies? Its in you, you just have to find it. I just wonder what you're doing to find it, essentially, where you're looking. Do something you're passionate about. When you find that you're happier even if it was hard/tiring, thats proof of soul to me.

[supahtonto]

I don't already believe it. Wishing to believe and believing is something completely different. Doing something I'm passionate about even when it's difficult is simply proof of being passionate about something.

[gone_and_aerogy]

Odd, since the other day I told someone about this:

99% of me and my mind does not believe anything, and 1% wishes I did/could.

[ex_uncleflo]

You should atleast realize that without your brain, you'd be helpless to actually remember anything.

[supahtonto]

i didn't say i didn't want a brain, i said i wanted more than that.

[ex_uncleflo]

I wasn't trying to make a statement implying that you said you didn't want a brain. I was just saying, it's just absolutely ridonkulous to think that you could actually hang onto memories after your hypothetical "soul" had left the body.

[i_am_the_owl]

... Okay?

[i_am_the_owl]

So did DesCartes, ergo dualism.

However, wishful thinking does not create reality.

[supahtonto]

i know.

[i_am_the_owl]

I trust your pursuit of the Truth, but I would doubt you if you claimed you had found it.

*musses your hair*

[supahtonto]

I was merely stating that I know that DesCartes developed dualism out of this sort of thing, and also that wishful thinking doesn't create reality.

I'm far from the pursiut of any truth.