Posted by Hagbard Celine on 1/1/2005, 1:59 pm, in reply to "i agree"
We are all part of a whole, but I definitely feel a sense of self; I am not you and you are not me, or that's how my experience works on this 3D/linear-time dimension. I have a mind, thoughts and feelings that are independant to all the other beings in the universe, or rather THIS universe. Maybe this is a necessary factor to my present incarnation.
Many people, from quantum physicists to Buddhist sages, have said that the self is an illusion. This may be so, but it's a very powerful one.