Kingfisher
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you guys have some really cool ideas! i like reading it all.
i remember having a metaphor told to me once, about how your self and rebirth is like a wave in the ocean;
you are like a wave in the ocean - and you can choose to see yourself as one individual wave, and there is nothing wrong with that. but where does the wave end and ocean begin? the wave is in constant motion, and constantly changing. sometimes the wave gets bigger and incorporates more of the ocean into itself, and sometimes the wave gets smaller and sheds part of itself back into the ocean.
and when the wave disappears completely, when it dies, it falls back into the ocean. so it doesn't exist in the same way that it existed before - as an individual wave - but it still exists as a part of the ocean. and it can be reborn again as a new wave.
i didn't know that idea had a name, thanks for posting that!
i remember having a metaphor told to me once, about how your self and rebirth is like a wave in the ocean;
you are like a wave in the ocean - and you can choose to see yourself as one individual wave, and there is nothing wrong with that. but where does the wave end and ocean begin? the wave is in constant motion, and constantly changing. sometimes the wave gets bigger and incorporates more of the ocean into itself, and sometimes the wave gets smaller and sheds part of itself back into the ocean.
and when the wave disappears completely, when it dies, it falls back into the ocean. so it doesn't exist in the same way that it existed before - as an individual wave - but it still exists as a part of the ocean. and it can be reborn again as a new wave.
Which is a reference to the Ship of Theseus
i didn't know that idea had a name, thanks for posting that!