What happens to “you” in the commas? I see self as a construct. We all have a personal narrative that has been told to us, and we perpetuate the story our own selves. This is my opinion of it, btw. I KNOW nothing, and I don’t mind keeping in that way.What I want to know is your personal experience of what happens to you in the comma’s. Before another thought arises, that “you” grabs onto? Before the phone rings, before the radio plays, the alarm goes off, before “someone” or “something” pulls you in?
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9 responses to “What happens to “you” in the commas?”
The courses you are taking sure are taking me to places I have never gone before. I think I understand where this question is going, but I wonder if I even want to know my own answer.
Maybe the constant state of construction fulfills our need to have purpose. Maybe comma, in this case has one too many m’s.
That said, I still want to try and answer this question. The me in the commas is a baby in almost every sense of the word. I’m a petty little whiner who wants everything done for me. The baby is cute enough to want to protect but sheesh, what a workout.
Around the commas, I’m an adult who chooses to take care of my physical and mental requirements myself. My construct is all about making the baby feel fulfilled and secure, just to prevent him from shrieking for attention. Have a nap kid, I want to have some time focusing on something besides you for at least a few minutes every five.
@spitfire3dc ohhhh yes, that is good. I look at that in myself, too. I think about it as letting go of egoic concerns.
Life is a stream of consciousness fueled by our environment – what we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste – our internal dialogue, what we say about ourselves – our experiences, what’s happened to us – and last, but not least, our genetics. It’s impossible to escape you unless you’re unconscious (i.e. knocked out, not simply asleep)
@Jear77 maybe it is just that we can’t escape what doesn’t exist
@Scarlett that;s a bit of doubletalk! I think the reason why we can’t really escape it is because we are only able to see things from our own viewpoint. Though interestingly enough, we can see ourselves from a distance in our own memory See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_memory#Memory_perspectives
The commas are for including more than one thing in the sentence, gathering thoughts in a bundle.
@ladybarbara makes sense
if i even follow my own advice and slow down enough to be mindfully in the moment, ill let you know ;)
ps all of the above is a hint and a snap shot of the me
This question is a hard one to wrap my head around. Are you asking what I am at my base, without the influence of the world or even my more logical self? Like, how I have anger issues and how I, at my core, despise the very concept of life? But, I know that having anger, to that degree, is not ok and life will continue no matter how I view it, so I have to be more logical in how I approach my feelings. I hate life and am an antinatalist, but I can’t hate the average person who has a kid or those that like (their) life. I hate religion, but I can’t hate people just because of their religious beliefs. I dislike being here, but I have to be. I hate life, but I have to accept it as much as I logically can. I’m dark at my core, but it isn’t a side I like to really show people since it is depressing and bums people out. I’d also hate it if someone confused it with me feeling sorry for myself or something along those lines. If I took your question wrong, I apologize. These types of things always confuse me some.