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Flipped: Who Am I?
Am I a person pretending to be God, or am I God pretending to be a person?
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The following 9 thoughts were inspired by this famous Taoist story…
“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly. Soon I awoke, and there I was, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a person dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a person.”
- Taoist story attributed to Zhuang Zhou (also known as Zhuangzi and Chuang Tzu), 269–286 BCE
- Am I a person reading a book, or am I a book reading through a person?
2. Am I a person enjoying a meal (or movie, or anything else), or am I a meal enjoying a person?
3. Am I a person playing a tennis game (or golf, or anything else), or am I a tennis game playing a person?
4. Am I a person doing meditation, or am I a meditation doing a person?
5. Am I a person predicting the future, or am I the future predicting through a person?
