Ok, everyone, raise your hand if you believe that you are not your body?
Eh... "I" comes from the mind, which is part of the body. All my particles and such are just part of the one big-ass system that is the Universe.
Now raise your hand if you believe that you chose to be born into this life like some kind of navigating soul and are now bound to a body for the life of its experience?
Nope. That particular concept seem pretty unlikely to me, out of all of the possibilities.
So you've had a pretty hard life, eh? (awww, you poor bugger) Like, WTF? Why would God do such a thing? Ok, so we've eliminated the agency of 'god' in this equation with the first two qualifiers of this article...
I've had exactly the life that led to me being who I am now, and the only life I could have had (unless we're on infinite-timeline-multiverses)
Until I chose to take Agency & Responsibility for my own experience, I was simply creating by default - manifesting what was already around me, what was being shown to me. Since I took the reins of my life, I've taken full responsibility for my experience.
Ok, so you don't identify also as an individual that has some kind of continual relevance to this 'I' cycle? Or are you completely 'hive'?
That's good to hear.. well this article doesn't relate to you then. haha
I like it man, it's a grounded approach and by god we need grounding at the moment.
I suppose the pre-destination approach supports those that wish to put themselves higher than another by claiming some kind of past life distant history.
Thanks for your mindful response!