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Originally Posted by infinitethoughts  The one state is another illusion perpetuated by beliefs.
I am I, and will never merge with you.
You are you, and will never merge with me. |
How can this be? Right now infinitethoughts is an idea in my head, a concept built up from reading multiple posts on these forums.
If in turn, I met you in real life, I would be experiencing something that my mind would label as a person. I wouldn't even know whether you are infinitethoughts until you told me, and even then I'd have no idea whether you are who you say you are. You could be a cleverly disguised impostor
I and You are creations. I is one of the most fundamental, awareness shouts "I am", but awareness exists without it. You and I only exist in the mind.
How could I distinguish between a lucid dream in which you appear and this reality right now? I have no way of knowing whether your I is present in one but not the other.
I'm willing to allow for doubt that others may exist and I've got it all wrong, but certainty seems like a stretch.