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I am not my body, my body is just a thing that carries my brain, which creates my mind, which is me. The matter is generic, the thoughts are what make me myself.  Some people think that the self is their bodies, or their minds, or the things that they can call my or mine. Some people think that their opinions, their friends and families, their possesions, their jobs is what makes them themselves. Does my cat makes me who I am? :-) What do you think makes the essensce of the self? Posted by  Roxanna Piedrafuette @disqus_FlxHXrDL3A:disqus @NomoremisterWiseguy:disqus @disqus_swRQpKnQ0n:disqus @hcisme:disqus @Melina_Nicosia:disqus  @disqus_CDEQIPcs4Z:disqus @jbmoorpark:disqus @MadScientist1023:disqus @disqus_GOT:disqus @PolarParty:disqus @Stardust4U:disqus @SvdH:disqus @disqus_GCHC27FxPX:disqus @disqus_lance60:disqus @ellabulldog:disqus @Amygdalae:disqus  @davideisemann:disqus @disqus_ZHnAbibTCy:disqus @Jcore777:disqus  @newestbeginning:disqus @pithywititud...

Mindset: noun an attitude, disposition, or mood. an intention or inclination. Being the homemade philosopher that I am, I was waking up in bed this morning thinking about mindsets.   Btw, how lucky am I to have the uncomplicated life that affords me such a thought luxury?   Very, and I know it!   :) Anyway… Mindsets are really interesting things to think about.   The irony is that, when you think about them, you do so under a mindset.   I suspect that’s where many-a-reasoning capabilities can and have taken some wild, illogical turns.   Conundrum: How to “see clearly” when under the influence of a particular mindset?   How to weed out fact from fiction, truth from lie, and come out on the other side with a mindset somewhat still intact?   What kind of person can do that?   Or better yet, what kind of person can’t ?   Great questions, right? We all have mindsets.   Actually, we’ve all had many.   Thin...