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Old 5th August 2015, 09:24 AM   #274
Donn
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Originally Posted by Maartenn100 View Post
with 'we' I mean: our conciousness. Not our bodies. We are not our bodies. We are our minds.
And minds are what brains (in bodies) do — He says; again.

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When your arm is numb, because it was lying in an akward position and the blood flow is interrupted, you are not 'in your arm' anymore. You don't feel anything in your arm = you are gone in that part of your body.
You are not your body.
You never were in your arm. The nerves carry the senses from your arm to your, gasp!, mind. Block those nerves and your arm goes numb.

But I spend effort into a hostile void; do I not?

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(my English is not my native language, so I don't know wether this is a good sentence).
Your English is good enough to keep you rolling on; never showing the slightest deflection from your course.

Your English is good enough for you to insult us with this stubborn display of disinterest.

Your English is good enough to reveal your true motives. They shine through.
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