I am a living and thinking being - Isn't that amazing?

[Simon Atavax]

Sometimes, I have strange thoughts. I guess, everyone has them.

This morning, between shaving and showering, I once again had a train of thought that I sometimes have, for no apparent reason, and little lasting effect.
I remembered that I am a living and thinking being, that thinking means that I must exist - cogito ergo sum? "You don't think you exist? I'll prove it in a moment" *kicking a stone* "ouch"), and I came to think of the fact that my life will come to an end some day (and by the way, will I be a parent or grand parent by then, or will I still live a single but not uncontent life then), and what this all could mean, how can this even be true and how is being not being...

And then, the moment was over, and I don't really know what to think about it, and I can't even describe how it felt. It's just... weird, maybe a moment of clarity or revelation, but it's fleeting and over so fast that you can't really saviour it...

Am I the only person in the world to whom this kind of thoughts happen from time to time (I guess not)?

Not at all. It sounds almost religious/spiritual in nature, but we aren't allowed to talk about that here.

It reminds me a lot of Rene Descartes, too. Anyway, just a few quick thoughts about your post before I leave work. But no, you aren't alone, dude. I often have such meditations too.

Peace!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I could imagine a world where I'm just the figment of someone else's imagination, but that person has so activate an imagination that I may as well have free will.

The real horror/moment of ascension/nirvana will be finding out that the person that is just imagining you also exists only in your imagination!

 

[WhatGravitas]

The real horror/moment of ascension/nirvana will be finding out that the person that is just imagining you also exists only in your imagination!

Unless you're just imagining that, while you're real. Then you're into major self-delusion!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Unless you're just imagining that, while you're real. Then you're into major self-delusion!

Cheers, LT.

That's probably when you wake up and realize that you really are just a butterfly. And not one of the pretty ones...

 

[Simplicity]

I get thoughts like that. Keanu Reeve moments... Whoa.

For example:

Look down a long street and notice all of the mailboxes. Everyday, somebody goes outside and collects mail from each one those things. I wonder if they got anything good?

 

[Treebore]

I believe the specific term for what you are describing is "epiphany".

Edit:

3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

 

[ssampier]

I get thoughts like that. Keanu Reeve moments... Whoa.

For example:

Look down a long street and notice all of the mailboxes. Everyday, somebody goes outside and collects mail from each one those things. I wonder if they got anything good?

"Will you look at this? More catalogs!
'Omaha Steaks', 'Mac Warehouse', 'Newsweek'?! I can't stop all these
companies, so, I'm gonna attack this problem at the choke point." Cosmo Kramer, Seinfeld