Hi folks. I’m back. Just in case I scared some of you with my posting about being non-existent, please let me assure you that even if in fact I am a figment of my imagination, I still produce Spinning in that dimension.
In fact, I did write down my thoughts as quickly as I reasonably could get home and put them in some semblance of order. Even though they may not make a lot of sense, it is a theory that has been philosophically argued, and the sudden realization of its meaning hit me hard in that split second, just as does an idea for a story. But this is something that I will be taking more seriously from now on, and doing some research upon. It’s something that I’m sure we’ve all wondered about, and I, with my hard-headed sense of what’s real and what’s not, was quite taken aback at the sudden “feeling” of not being real; understanding that concept is pretty amazing.
But to fully understand it will take a lot deeper digging and I am only at the point of realizing the validity of the question—no where near arriving at an answer (which might indeed have assured me an “A” in this course). Just starting to gather thoughts that relate to the idea of space and existence. For example, Willie Nelson exists (I guess) on a parallel plane (or bus) somewhere across the country, and yet occasionally in my mind, he simultaneously is living a life that he does not know about. Think about that one.
Anyway, it’s a lot deeper than this. I may tell you about it and I may not; but I will be here to keep posting away, because that is a part of my dream.
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I’d really like to hear more about the Willie Nelson analogy.
Which path; the intellectual theory behind the analogy or the possibly more interesting but wicked story line?
Actually, I believe you understand the concept, as from your own statement on the Great Lettuce Head site re “to some people I don’t exist” (not verbatim). Does China exist if you have never seen it? Does it cease to be the moment you leave? If you know someone in China and are thinking of him doing something, at that instant does he lead a double life? Or none at all?
I’ve trackbacked to your post on GLH so a reader may understand where you’re coming from. If you turly have a beginning or a past, present or future that is.