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guillaumeb

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6. Goddard forgot one step.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 9, 2019, 03:04 PM

Sep 2019

Cogito, ergo sum.
René Déscartes.

Any life form literally"is", but that makes no claim to sentience. Déscartes recognized that our sentience makes humans what we truly are.

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We are not all the same, and in our difference we are divine [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2019 OP

Not sure I quite agree...actually, the thesis is a bit selfcontradictory. On the one hand, Karadeniz Sep 2019 #1

There is no such thing as 'soul'. Your consciousness is entirely a property of you brain. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #4

My view is this deals with recognizing the divinity in others, guillaumeb Sep 2019 #5

"I am." Neville Goddard nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #2

Goddard forgot one step. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #6

Goddard forgot nothing. littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #7

After reflection, I agree that thought is implicit in Goddard's phrase. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #8

We are each unique in our genetic makeup. MineralMan Sep 2019 #3