“I wonder, I wonder, what you mean when you use the word 'I'. I've been interested in this problem for a long long time, and I've come to the conclusion that what most civilised people mean by that word is a hallucination: that is to say a false sense of personal identity that is at complete variance with the facts of nature.”

— Alan Watts

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Complete hogwash. I am me, a unique person with unique thoughts, desires, and qualities.

And so are you. Your unique dignity as a unique person is valid, and worthy of recognition.

This Buddhist/Marxist "All is One" nonsense has got to go. Gnosticism is bunk.

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They deny the fundamental truth , “I think, therefor I am”.

Yes Buddhism, All is one is garbage and hogwash.

Satan wants us to think we don’t have an Identity. No self. All is one.

Almost like saying love is love.All is one. Everything is everything.

False statements ✝️

Jesus says I Am. Before Abraham was I am.

It took me until my 40th year to have the veil lifted for just one day. I saw it. I knew it. I finally met myself. Then slowly the ego took over again. Before that day I wouldn't have truly understood what Alan means. He is 100% correct. We are mostly all under a terrible, self-imposed spell. A waking nightmare. Even if we believe ourselves happy it is just one side of the delusional coin.