From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Nov 28 2004 - 15:35:42 GMT
Chin,
[Scott prev:] No, I don't think this is out of line, but it doesn't address my concern, nor does your previous post. My concern is that we are aware of change, but we are also aware of our continuity. If we examine what we observe more closely, we see that all there is is change. So where does the awareness of change come from, given that it requires that something (our sense of self) doesn;t change *through* the change we observe.
[Chin:] Please forgive me, as I don't think I understand where sense of self fits in with change, or the 'Awareness of change'. Maybe this is where I am getting confused and confusing. We are aware of change through experience. It is not 'A' singular change, but a process of innumerable particular terms, or SQ lapse and are superseded by new terms, or the DQ.
[Scott:] It is confusing, so don't worry if it's hard to grasp. The self changes, but also does not change. If it didn't change, there would be no experience. If it only changed, there would be no awareness. There must be continuity during a change for there to be awareness of change. Now if we look to see what stays the same during change, we won't find anything. It is the looking that doesn't change. So the philosophical problem is: how does "looking" fit into a world where everything changes?
- Scott
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