From: Thomas Buckner (tcbevolver@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat May 22 2004 - 18:57:06 MDT
--- Michael Roy Ames <michaelroyames@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > What does the sharp discontinuity
> > of direct self-alteration do to your sense of
> > personal continuity? - Eliezer
>
> >
>
> This is one I will not predict. I am certainly
> willing to give it a try
> though. I experience a sharp personal discontinuity
> every time I fall
> asleep and wake up. Would a self-alteration be so
> different? Could it not
> be more interesting in a positive sense as well as a
> negative? - Michael Roy Ames
>
The Zen Buddhists say that the moment of waking, when
you are not quite sure who or where you are, is when
you are least habitual, closest to enlightenment.
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