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   Message 11,603 of 12,283   
   AE to neo   
   Re: Who Am I?   
   27 Aug 06 11:53:17   
   
   XPost: alt.dreams, alt.philosophy.debate, talk.religion.buddhism   
   XPost: alt.consciousness   
   From: hidden@nospam.com   
      
   neo wrote:   
      
   > It is said that 'you are what your memories are'.   
   >   
   > But in dreams (except lucid dreams) we don't have real life memories.   
   > Still when we talk about dreams, we say 'I' did this or 'I' saw this   
   > in dream.   
   >   
   > Different universe, different body, different memories in dreams but   
   > still we say it was 'me'.   
      
   I beg to differ: In your dreams you are kind of a different person, but   
   as soon as you do remember on a dream, it's you that has these memories.   
      
   No contradiction of 'you are what your memories are'.   
      
   > So 'you are what your memories are' theory is wrong.   
   >   
   > Self is beyond memories and physical body.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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