The "Self"

[Illuminaughty]

"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed into a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves! Here's Tom with the weather." -- Bill Hicks

They have that on the intro to the Tool song "Third Eye" I was listening to a few days ago.

 

[brightlights]

People generally slice up a certain portion of the world process and call it their "self". Where the cut is made seems rather arbitrary and tends to vary a lot between definitions. The mind created boundaries that result often seem vague and fuzzy. I use the term in everyday speech for the sake of convenience but not so much when I'm trying to think philosophically.

How do you separate everyday experience from philosophical thinking?

 

[Illuminaughty]

I try not to separate the two. I was talking more about everyday speech rather than everyday experience. I don't always speak with absolute philosophical precision. Sometimes you don't have to in order to convey your message.

 

[Received]

They have that on the intro to the Tool song "Third Eye" I was listening to a few days ago.

Hopefully not for the first time!

I took that from his standup, but it was originally inspired by the same song. Hicks and Maynard were good pals until Bill's way too early demise from pancreatic cancer (which maybe, just maybe, was due at least in part to his ingesting pretty much every drug known to man).