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Old 09-01-2015, 07:24 PM
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How do you know you exist?

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Old 09-01-2015, 07:27 PM
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Old 09-01-2015, 07:36 PM
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I know I'm real because real people keep talking to me. *sigh*

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Old 09-01-2015, 07:46 PM
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Love it, Dee! One of the fascinating questions I've been exploring lately.
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Old 09-01-2015, 07:53 PM
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:04 PM
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I would be even more fascinated if what I am right now is non existent.
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:11 PM
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:14 PM
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:16 PM
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I have to accept that I "am" because I cannot prove it. Just as I have to accept my alcoholism...because it cannot be logically explained.
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:22 PM
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Thank you, Dee, that gives us food for thought.
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:27 PM
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I have to accept that I "am" because I cannot prove it.
I know you are, but what am I?
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:29 PM
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Old 09-01-2015, 08:41 PM
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I heard somewhere where we all might just be characters in a video game, with someone manipulating everything that is going on. Everything we do and see is what the person, or.................. wants us to do or see.
I also heard something about how we and everything around us is just a hollogram. We are like the aftermath of what did exist, but no longer does.
This is why I loved Philosophy and classes on Religion. Doesn't really change anything. Just cool stuff to think about. John
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Old 09-01-2015, 09:09 PM
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What if we're really awake when we're dreaming and when we are awake it's just a nightmare? lol
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Old 09-02-2015, 01:12 AM
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:24 AM
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I am because I see I am, I exist. I am a persuaded being, I am persuaded not to drink because, if I drink, I exist but without reason or determination.
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:57 AM
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Be still and know that I am.

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Old 09-02-2015, 05:16 AM
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I know I am cause : Now I can feel pain , hurt , love , & happiness Before being Sober I had lost most or all of them Feelings ...
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Old 09-02-2015, 05:31 AM
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When I am feeling great...I always refer to myself as the "Real Candace" the person that I was meant to me. So yes, I do know I am real. :-) Great video... gets a person thinking.... thanks Dee.
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Old 09-02-2015, 05:37 AM
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I think, therefore I am! I'm aware of my own existence, so therefore, the fact that I am able to be aware means I must exist!
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