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<blockquote data-quote="GGWP" data-source="post: 33109" data-attributes="member: 93">What does &#039;illusory&#039; mean in this context? I think you do play a part in developing your own ego through recursive introspection. You could say that all events are dictated by preceding events (determinism) yet at a certain point such a distinction becomes meaningless, you are basically saying that actions have consequences.Yes, I absolutely agree that your lived experiences, effect on the world and recursive ego development constitutes a soul in the metaphysical sense. You are very desperate to exert control, so much so that you attempt to regain &#039;ultimate control&#039; by disavowing some kind of determinist specter but consider for a moment that you are not the Amhitaba, you are a human. Your desire to regain ultimate control is based on the very human desire to create a stable environment conducive to the success of your own organism.There&#039;s nothing wrong with having desires, likes and wants, and of course your likes and dislikes are formed by the things around you, but I think this is what grants them meaning, that the environments you survived help refine the wants of your &#039;soul&#039;. &#039;You&#039; and &#039;your soul&#039; do exist, I believe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GGWP, post: 33109, member: 93"] What does 'illusory' mean in this context? I think you do play a part in developing your own ego through recursive introspection. You could say that all events are dictated by preceding events (determinism) yet at a certain point such a distinction becomes meaningless, you are basically saying that actions have consequences. Yes, I absolutely agree that your lived experiences, effect on the world and recursive ego development constitutes a soul in the metaphysical sense. You are very desperate to exert control, so much so that you attempt to regain 'ultimate control' by disavowing some kind of determinist specter but consider for a moment that you are not the Amhitaba, you are a human. Your desire to regain ultimate control is based on the very human desire to create a stable environment conducive to the success of your own organism. There's nothing wrong with having desires, likes and wants, and of course your likes and dislikes are formed by the things around you, but I think this is what grants them meaning, that the environments you survived help refine the wants of your 'soul'. 'You' and 'your soul' do exist, I believe. [/QUOTE]

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