Some good reading from a summary assignment I'm supposed to be doing right now.
You are anxious about whether you will rise from the dead or not, but you rose from the dead when you were born and you didn't notice it. . . .so what will happen to your consciousness? Your consciousness, yours, not anyone else's.
Well, what are you? There's the point. Let's try to find out. What is it about you that you have always known as yourself? What are you conscious of in yourself? However far back you go in your memory it is always in some external, active manifestation of yourself that you come across your identity. . . . in the work of your hands, in your family, in other people.
And now listen carefully. You in others. . .this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on and enjoyed throughout your life --- your soul, your immortality, your life in others.
And what now? You have always been in others and you will remain in others. And what does it matter to you if later this is called your memory? This will be you --- the you that enters the future and becomes a part of it.
You are anxious about whether you will rise from the dead or not, but you rose from the dead when you were born and you didn't notice it. . . .so what will happen to your consciousness? Your consciousness, yours, not anyone else's.
Well, what are you? There's the point. Let's try to find out. What is it about you that you have always known as yourself? What are you conscious of in yourself? However far back you go in your memory it is always in some external, active manifestation of yourself that you come across your identity. . . . in the work of your hands, in your family, in other people.
And now listen carefully. You in others. . .this is your soul. This is what you are. This is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on and enjoyed throughout your life --- your soul, your immortality, your life in others.
And what now? You have always been in others and you will remain in others. And what does it matter to you if later this is called your memory? This will be you --- the you that enters the future and becomes a part of it.
wow... that's quite the reading. I was doing my psychology homework last night and came across some pretty interesting stuff. But I'm having fun so it's all good! I'll have to beat you at checkers again sometime... (Just joking, I know I lost last time...:)
Posted by
Insert Name Here |
10:23 AM
Psychology is awesome...I liked it...anyway, yes I'll be kicking your butt in checkers sometime soon :)
Posted by
Jen |
11:43 AM