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Think about it for a second. When you went to bed last night, you had a version of yourself a set of thoughts, worries, and dreams. But when you woke up this morning, were you still that person? Or had the 'you' from yesterday already faded into a memory, replaced by someone just a little bit different?
Every day, every moment, we change new experiences, new thoughts, new choices. Even as you slept, your mind wandered through dreams, reflecting and reshaping who you are. Cells in your body were renewing themselves, time was passing, and the world around you was evolving.
So, are you really the same person? Or are you a slightly updated version a continuation, but not quite a replica?
Maybe that’s the beauty of it. We’re not meant to be static. We’re fluid, constantly growing, learning, and transforming. Still something remains a thread that ties all these versions of us together. Call it your essence, your soul, your core being.
As you move through today ask yourself, who am I right now, in this moment? And how do I want to shape the me who wakes up tomorrow?
we're not even the same, surface-level anyway, from moment to moment. Like waves on the ocean, we're floating, up and down -- down and up. Portions of us, like the water columns exchanging content up and down, switch over the day.
To extend that analogy, I'd also like to think that the deeper we go, the less ever-changing we are. The deep ocean, the bedrock at the bottom of the water, is pretty firm and pretty solid -- like our characters and core beings.
Or something like that
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I love that. The surface changes all the time, but the deeper we go the more solid we are. It’s like the ocean always moving on top, but the core stays the same
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We are always evolving, there is much delusion in the thoughts of “I am”. I am not my body, my mind, my ego.. I basically believe what @denlillaapan is saying. The true self is much deeper than what we can observe with the senses
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Great post. 🙏
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Thank you @DesertDave
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This is how you assmilk DesertDave...
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This reminds me of something James Clear wrote in Atomic Habits. If we aim to be just 1% better every day, we will be 37 times better a year from now. So my answer to your question will be a resounding No!
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I see what you’re saying. If we’re always aiming to improve we’re constantly changing ourselves, so we’re never quite the same. Maybe the act of observing ourselves is what drives that growth. Love the perspective
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Incremental changes lead to exponential development. Gradually, then suddenly!
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Exactly!
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Sometimes I feel like I'm the same person since I was a teenager. This mention may seem strange, but I refer to the core of who I am. Obviously, today I'm older, I've acquired more knowledge and had many experiences, but I feel like I'm the same. I don't know if I made myself understood, but that's it
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It’s not strange at all. it’s kind of comforting to feel that connection to who you’ve always been
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 1 Dec
Holy shit, what thread did I just walk into lol.
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Welcome to the Wild west side of SN!
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If you wake up in a different place at a different time does that make you a different person?
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YES.
Your sleep is different, which means the hormonal processes that govern your feelings and well-being definitely are. So in @Imyourfed's sense, we're definitely different when we sleep away-from-home.
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Maybe it’s not just the place or time that changes us but how we adapt to them. A new version of the same essence, shaped by new surroundings.
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LOL now sockpuppets are talking to each others using shitGPT ?
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Cry harder grandpa! You wont get what you want.
I've told you already that your shit won't work with me! no matter how much you try. And yeah, good to see that now you have stopped zapping your posts as anon under 6 sec. When talking to me lol you proved me right!
Learn how to behave like a user here not a owner. Understand Dirtycoin?
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You have your entire life to be an idiot. Why not take today off?
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The day off involves me banging your mom in the ass something your stupid father should of done to stop another retard being born
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Stupidity isn’t a crime, so you’re free to go.
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I can go all day retard I already know u have no life and spend all day on here! The funny thing I’m not the only one that hates u I get so many zaps when I talk shit on your stupid ass
ChatGPT says your a fucking faggot
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I know it looks like I'm listening to you, but really I'm just visualizing duct tape over your mouth.
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When ur mom shits on my dick it looks just like the shit coins u invest in
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Sorry, I can't think of an insult dumb enough for you to understand
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No your just too dumb to come up with anything that doesn’t involve the word shitcoin looks like your brain is one giant fucking SHITCOIN FAGGOT!!!’
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Look who's talking... the master shitcoiner
and on top of that master idiot
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Once again can’t come up with anything to say besides shitcoiner??? Did you mom drink when u were in the womb???