in · for · ma · tion
I am not my name
I am not my birthdate
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my mobile phone is not my life
neither is my toothbrush
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is a person’s identity singular ?
am I all my years put together ?
is identity a constant ?
is my identity who I am right now ?
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I’ll be a totally different person in 20 years
we can’t outrun ourselves
I’m not the same person from 20 years ago
same name
different person
~
everything defines me
nothing defines me
maybe
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I am not my bones
we are spirit
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Image: Geo Sans
“There are 6.6 billion mobile phone subscriptions … Only 4 billion toothbrushes in the world” ~ David Birch
TEDxSussexUniversity – David Birch – Identity in the 21st Century: http://youtu.be/YhW9I8SUkFU Worth a listen … cool !
Identity tangent …
This is beautiful. People, from 0 to 100 years in 150 seconds
http://foundthings.com/post/32388998614
Identity tangent (2) … I am not my bones
Wow: the Most Responsible Burial on Earth. {Extremely NSFW} http://shar.es/5oQDI Tibetan Sky Burial … Powerful but very graphic
So many questions, to of which I would hope you have the answers too,
our identity is what
others perceive
different forms of information
with multiple interpretations
Thanks for the references which were all inspiring & insightful. Yes, I admit the burial pictures left me spinning a bit but are extraordinary. Were you aware that there are seven Body Farms here in the States used for forensic research? The one near where I live is known as the Forensic Osteology Research Station or more commonly as the FOREST. Beautiful, no?
Whoa, body farms???
kind of strange …
I live in Canada and didn’t know that.
There is so much truth in this. So what are we?
Sarah Jane
I’m still wrestling with this
so easy to say
know oneself
so hard to answer
I love it! True too… I’ve thought the same things… love that you actually wrote out the questions! :D
thank you
sometimes questions
are more fascinating
than answers
This is great ,and i like it a lot …so many questions , real ones , simple ,yet complicated …explanations ,but maybe they are not …Super!!!
thanks for your comment
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I’m learning to
take the time
to listen to the questions
and look at them
in different ways …
We are all spirit. We are all one. We just have different logins. {{{hugs]}} Kozo
and
sometimes different
adaptors
Being.
Peeing.
Indicative.
Reactively Vindictive.
Brilliant. No need for answers here….
The essence is in your closing line. Is there comfort in knowing/being that?
maybe
~
sometimes yes
sometimes no
Jolly good! “I am not my name” I used that line once. “I am not my name. I am more and I am less.” But you’ve taken it so much further.
thanks
~
maybe
learning who I am
starts by learning
what and who I’m not
Sounds good.
I think the questions are way more important than the answers.
I’m appreciating
more and more
~
inquiry
ideology
We are like the water in wave form, eventually we will all return to being just water
While we are here, we are one, all of earth and us are connected.
This is a good one. Love it
we’re all one wave
~
forming one big ocean
so true!
thank you
Loved this. Very true. Every day we change and mold.
our survival
based on one’s ability
to change
If I went to visit my 20 year old self, I would not recognise myself. I would be horrified that I became so ordinary. If my 20 year old self came to visit me, I would tell her – everything you need you already have. Let it go. Embrace an ordinary life, fall in love, get a dog, grow a garden, walk under the trees, grow old. You will be happy.
passing
~
wisdom