This is going to be a quick one — the idea is that I don't want to forget this thought.
Alas, I woke up this morning with this thought in mind:
Who am I?
That is supposed to be what the hell is I? As in I, the pronoun. Who am I, to put everything after me? You know like?
I love you; I am (verb); I think; I, I, I; I this; I that;
What lies behind that I, what exactly is it? How exactly do you start defining it. I bet you nobody on the planet can truly and completely tell who they are. So, why this obsession with self?
The first thing you learn in Buddhism is letting go of the idea of self, the I, the conceited idea of self — ain't nothing more selfish than describing yourself.
But, then again, how does one survive this maze of existence without being and acknowledging that existence?
I (ironic huh?) think the minute one places that pronoun before everything else, that in itself implies whatever the meaning of 'I' is now, is in the past, it is no longer what you are after you say it.
The I, is almost a snap-shot of what you can say about yourself at that moment in time — an opinion is only an expression of a thought.
Wait, then, just, maybe thats exactly what the I is, a collection of thoughts of what you are, maybe.
Meditate on this, I will.
The trick is that 'I' (you in this case) is a lot of different 'thing' to different people.
You might be a friend to me but a son to your mother, a teacher to some learner and potential husband to some young lady.
So when one defines self, they're merely defining what they are to self... and then I'll might define you differently based on what you are to me and more importantly, how I perceive you.
So "I" is things... a lot of things.
*wonders if I made sense*
Mokhonoana
Jan 2010
LOL!
Yes, it does makes sense — I am then assuming you are in agreement: I, is relative?
*ps: which young lady, that would be nice. :-)
nkoane
Jan 2010
yes, I concur... lmao on the young lady — names are expensive, still • 1ove, shh
Mokhonoana
Jan 2010
very, expensive.
o tla shapa di-flop, ha o ka jwetsa batho!
nkoane
Jan 2010
I like that thought... "an opinion is only an expression of a thought"
felicity
molokomme
Jan 2010