Stream of experience and Self reflection....

PhilosophyGirl · February 23, 2006, 3:21am

The field of experiencing is nothing apart from the specific experiences. Yet we are naturally inclined to distinguish the strict singularity of an experience from the continuous stream of changing experiences.

So correct me if I am wrong but is this saying that there is nothing attaching us to an experience other than if we “own” that experience and without that ownership, it is completely detached from us?

Impenitent · February 23, 2006, 4:10am

existence is nothing but the experience

-Imp

Peter_Kropotkin · February 23, 2006, 4:25am

Impenitent:existence is nothing but the experience

K: IMP, what about thinking about that experience?
Isn’t that part of existence?

Kropotkin

PhilosophyGirl · February 23, 2006, 4:48am

but it doesn’t have to be…

Impenitent · February 23, 2006, 10:52am

the existence (of thinking) is nothing but the experience (of thinking)…

-Imp

Trevor_W · February 23, 2006, 11:14pm

so we cant experience something that doesn’t exist? so existance is a prerequisite to experience?

illativemindindeed · February 24, 2006, 8:15am

PhilosophyGirl wrote:

I think its saying that no experience is any different from another. Its all the same. All experiences are of equal value as a part of the entire field of experience. Just another way of looking at experience, instead of it being all about your own experience, its about everybody having their own experiences. What is the context of this quote?