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Originally Posted by Dharma  Paul, You're still playing with separation. If there's 7 billion people in the world and they're all you, how are you not responsible? |
Simple. If there actually *IS* 7 billion people in the world, and some guy named Jack in Africa is at this current moment beating the crap out of a kid named Billy, and I (Paul) know nothing about that, it has NOTHING to do with me (Paul). How could I possibly take responsibility for it if I don't even know it's happening? So *IF* this is a multi-person universe then the stuff that I am responsible for can ONLY be stuff that (1) I am aware of, (2) I am able to do something about - (mentally, physically, etc.)
However, in my theory that there is only me, there really *IS* no Jack in Africa if I am not aware of him. He simply DOES NOT EXIST.