Do you believe we are just stardust?

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I put any books about philosophy to good use. For example, I have a hard copy of Wiggenstein's Philosophical Investigations placed where I can use it to prop open an old window as necessary. There's no slacking in my house.

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I believe we are essentially consciousness, which you might call "the soul, the spirit, the light within."

Certainly, "consciousness" and "light" are often used synonymously in some contexts. ("The light went on ...," etc.)

I don't really believe in a soul (I'm a Buddhist, fwiw), so I'm not sure what survives death.

Something does (the physical container, energy within the body, et cetera). But is it something that has anything to do with personal identity? Without which, it's meaningless to say that we survive death, right?

I dunno, but I have my doubts.

(I'm just blowin' smoke here, Jason ... I say, a bit preemptively.)

That's my position, really. I think we amount to more than the sum of our parts (due to consciousness and mind mainly) - but whether that continues after death remains to be seen.

If the Bible is correct - it seems to indicate the body as being just a physical container - and the soul or essence of the person can be brought back at a later date - kinda like shoving a dvd in a player, the info's still on there after it's taken out, but needs to be activated.

But again, whether it's true, I dunno. Better to enjoy/make the most of this life while we can - do our best, or live in the way you think is best - then see what happens later (if anything).
 
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Yeah. All the stuff my body's made of, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, copper, zinc, and all the rest is exactly the elements you find spread out across the universe. The we die and our flesh decomposes back to earth.

I don't believe in a soul though. There's no scientific proof. There's only hope and speculation.
 

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Do you believe we are just stardust?

On a material plane, of course. What else could we be?

That, as vibrating energy, and a mysterious life force embued with universal consciousness.

Just ask Joni. or CSN&Y.
 

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We are sawdust, we are wooden, we are molecules of many ground up trees,

and we have to get ourselves back to the saaa....aaaawww....mill......
 

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Yes when I'm in the ballroom acting like a queen in the arms of a 50ish Charles Durning type.
 

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