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Originally Posted by impaul99  If only one ego exists, meaning our own, then that means nothing really needs to be cured except my own ego. For example, if I see an alcoholic, that simply means that *I* (ego) am projecting the image of an alcoholic because some part of MY ego is addicted to something perhaps, or feels guilty about something or whatever, and there really is no point judging the other person since they are not real. Only *I* exist so I must seek to cure whatever I see wrong with the world in myself. |
I agree that in the one player model of subjective reality it makes no sense to judge other persons.
And I also believe that everything what happens in my life has a specific reason. But when an alcoholic appears in my life, it doesn't mean necessarily that I must cure something in myself.
I like the words "or whatever" in your explanation, because this alcoholic can also appear in my life because of a simple, trivial reason (for example, to remind me that I need to contact a friend of mine, a former alcoholic who's now an AA member).
In another thread on this forum (
Feeling lonely in subjective reality), I promised to post my single player model of subjective reality this weekend.
As it will be a long, elaborated text and as I don't want to hijack this thread, I believe it's best that I start a new thread.