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Yesterday I woke at 3 A.M. with a question.

How do I know that I'm still alive?  Suppose I had dropped dead during the night.  How would I "know" that didn't happen?  Just thinking.

Now where's the fun in that! - Megatron

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 10:27:22 AM EST
One way to check if you're still alive is to post a comment in the Salon or Open Thread and see if anyone responds.
by Magnifico on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 12:59:17 PM EST
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Think of brains. If you feel hunger...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 01:02:00 PM EST
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zen question, mr T.

how many people are dead but don't know it, as the psychic momentum they created is still winding down?

if being alive after physical death feels no different at all in the sense of having choices to make, other entities to be convivial with, and perceived needs and desires to meet, then maybe the seam between the two is only in our imaginations, the differences merely symbolic.

or maybe not! even scarier than not being sure you're alive would be to forget why you wanted to live and not be dead...

relax, you're alive!

mortally so...

:)


~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 02:25:11 PM EST
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Can psychic momentum get online and post on ET?

Good question, that my psychic momentum isn't up to answering.

<fades away>

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 03:28:56 PM EST
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perhaps psychic momentum could keep the perception of normality going for a while, as in self consciousness whilst dreaming asleep.

it's the old butterfly koan, innit?

in a sense the psychic momentum of every thought and feeling i ever had is posting on ET, and perhaps there is an equivalent of ET beyond, or perhaps the momentum would go on through peoples' thoughts, as in 'that sounds like what melo might have said'.

but didn't because he chilled right out offa da grid, lol.

as for posting while not up to speed, hmm....

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 07:19:22 PM EST
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