Philosophy Shorts - Episode 1 - Who Am I?

[JasmineBaby05]

but you can still feel your body when your eyes are closed, even when your asleep you can be aware of your body.

[freakman420]

Philosophers are great. Gota love em, their not closed minded like the typical atheist who says, NO, It's NOT POSSIBLE!! Really? Have you experienced death and returned to this world to tell us about it? Oh... you haven't? Well... why are you so quick to dismiss a creator of some sort? Dude I'll totally sub you if you cover that topic, or am I being ignorant and you already have?

[PhilosopherFresh]

awesome! 

[wolfmagic72]

Absolutely worth the sub!! Wow! Very cool- very philosophical;-) lol...Are you a vegetarian Steve? Getting down the rabbit hole is my forte~

[HorridDreams]

Jesus Christ! Do you only speak in questions?!

How do you make a distinction between SEEING the spoon hit the table, and FEELING it hit your skin - you can't. Both are electric signals understood by your brain, so your conclusion that pain neccecitates (typo I know) an external world is not good enough (in my opinion of course).

Empirically, you can't really go beyond ''cogito ergo sum'' :)

[MurderGod666]

wow, great vid, love the orginization, very clean cool vid, you should check out ramana maharashi, much love brotha

[PhilosopherSteve]

@MurderGod666 Thanks for the comment man! I spent a long time working with the principles of Ramana Maharshi a few years ago, event went on a Ramana Maharshi meditation retreat!  Much love back... :-)

[TheJuliusJT]

I think therefore I am. You can doubt your surroundings, but not that you think.

[KDPhilosophy]

I am being forced to make a project about my own identity for school, Personally, for me this is a troubling, even emotional project, for many reasons. This does help a little though. thank you :)

[PhilosopherSteve]

@KDPhilosophy Hi KD, that sounds tough, I hope the project goes really well and that it's interesting and rewarding as well as challenging.

[KDPhilosophy]

@PhilosopherSteve yeah you and me too :)

[MyFriendLeonard1]

Conciousness will never understand itself, in an absolute sense, but only remain lost in infinite regress. What Consciousness can say about itself in the meantime is for practical purposes only.

How do we know that the table isn't in some sense conscious? There's a point of universal agreement among mystics that everything is alive. Also, that death is an expansion of Consciousness, a liberation of it. These truths are available to be glimpsed for philosophers who dare to become experiencers.

[PhilosopherSteve]

@MyFriendLeonard1 Hi Mark :-) Your comment makes me think about what consciousness is, and question whether it is linked purely to the brain, as many believe. In my view consciousness persists eternally, regardless of the body / brain. This is explained by it's consistent "solidness" as we pass between different states. Expanded consciousness on Death makes sense to me also, because of experiences I've had that I can't really go into here, but I will talk more about in my videos / writing.

[MyFriendLeonard1]

@PhilosopherSteve Sounds good. And I'm with you all the way on these points.

[wolfmagic72]

@MyFriendLeonard1 Nice one Mark~ you had me at consciousness;-)lol... I l always would refer to death as graduation, though love the term- liberation, it sounds smooth ~

[MyFriendLeonard1]

@wolfmagic72 I'm glad you've reminded me of the term "graduation"! : D

Steve makes me put on my technical philosopher's hat. But it's all toward laying the intellectual groundwork for JESUS. : D

[wolfmagic72]

@MyFriendLeonard1 Lol~ The name of the game ol wise one;-)

[MyFriendLeonard1]

@wolfmagic72 Amen - and ... ow-WOOOOOOOO! : D

[wolfmagic72]

@MyFriendLeonard1 Getting better Mark;-)lol

[MyFriendLeonard1]

@wolfmagic72 I'm afraid if I do it your way I'll herniate myself. : D

[wolfmagic72]

@MyFriendLeonard1 Lol~ Yes, I am pretty good at it (shux)practice makes perfect;-)

[jennally]

Knives and forkes would be interesting stance !!!! lolz

( specially with that detective undertone look ~ ok shut up Jenna )

[jennally]

well am thinking it goes just fine, could you ask the dragons to pay Jenna a visit please ~

I think is admirable choice and goes hand in glove with vid !!!

~Jenna ~

YaY mr and mrs tube got sub button working !!!!!!

[Karrie1981]

Glad you used a spoon to explain pain. lol Of all the sliver ware in the in the the kitchen, good choice!

[PhilosopherSteve]

@Karrie1981 Ha! Thanks Karrie.  I guess things could have got a bit messy if I've opted for knives and forks instead!

[Karrie1981]

@PhilosopherSteve suicide videos just don't seem to do it for me =/

[jennally]

oh am luving this !!!!!!! tweeted and looking forward to the series !

Is that William Morris Wallpaper or T L L gone mad !!!!

[PhilosopherSteve]

@jennally Hi Jenna, thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video :-) The backdrop is some material I picked up from a fabric shop. It's got great dragons on it and all sorts - the video really doesn't do it justice!

[pointlessfilms]

yes but are you in control of what you feel?

[PhilosopherSteve]

@pointlessfilms Many thanks for the comment. I am perhaps quite unusual in believing that it is God who controls the energetic movements in us that we call feelings. After all, feelings arise out of nothing, and return to nothing. Why should this happen? Can an individual really control his / her feelings, and if so, why not just remain in a happy state? I believe that we are rather like characters in God's play, which is being directed by God even in this very moment. Best wishes, Steve

[pointlessfilms]

@PhilosopherSteve hi Steve if you are gonna call yourself a philosopher your gonna have to prove its god that controls your feelings other wise your just another preacher on a tent along highway 40 selling snake oil

[PhilosopherSteve]

@pointlessfilms A very difficult thing to do, but I suppose I argue the case in different ways in my various videos in this Philosophy Shorts series. I try to draw people's attention to things that point to God being in control. But not everyone is easily persuaded... :-)

[pointlessfilms]

@PhilosopherSteve yes but thats not philosophy...thats simply spreading religious or personal mythology....philosophy is about the quest for a deeper truth beyond the mask of god

[PhilosopherSteve]

@pointlessfilms That would seem to me to be a rather biased definition of Philosophy. There are many philosophers who believe in God. But that's fine, you are more than entitled to your opinion, and I would humbly ask that you respect mine also. Take care, Steve

[ShpinxiLotus23]

DOES the table not experience pain? hard to say if it is hard to say what consciousness is. is pain something your brain projects to a disturbance in the vibrational field of the matter your organism consists of, or is pain not localized to living organisms? is it a disturbance in any vibrational field that even atoms can experience on some level, and that would make your experience of it an amplification your nerves are designed to hone in on instead of something they produce?

[PhilosopherSteve]

@ShpinxiLotus23 A fair point regarding the table. Maybe I shouldn't have hit it so hard! But the sheer fact that I don't know whether the table does experience pain seems to signify a distinction between I and it, as I surely know when I experience pain. I suppose we commonly presume a nervous system is necessary in order for pain to be experienced? Great comment by the way, thank you.

[twish1999]

Hello Steve!

Well i am very impressed with this video...i love discussions on philosophy and you made a great job here!

Subscribed!

:-)

[wendrew2006]

Thanks for the great sharing Steven!!

Have a lovely weekend....wenhsing

[Juefawn]

The question which the questioning asks itself. "What am I". "The thinking thing" -- Hegal. As if it were something other than itself. Every biological organism requires an environment. And knower requires known. Very entertaining Steve, and will hopefully get some to think. BRAVO!

[arual1969]

All this questians are find answers in kabbalah ! AWESOME VIDEO!

[AcceleratorPlus]

This is a metaphor for the Self.

Imagine a light source.. shining through a perforated screen.

Casting pin points of light on a dark surface.. Think polarity.

If the pin points of light became conscious.. they would imagine that they were separate.. yet between them and the source.. there is no discontinuity.. there is only an enduring.. changing pattern.

There is a part of us that endures.. Character

And a part that doesn't.. Ego,

That's what Buddha taught.

[AcceleratorPlus]

Aside from our genes.. we are the accumulation of everything we have thought.. felt and experienced.

The body and brain are tools of consciousness.. the brain acts as a processor.

Consciousness occurs as a response in the Primary Field (my theory)

A field that physics cannot detect - which links everything together..

The Whole being greater than the sum of its parts..

The Bible teaches.. You are Gods. an idea that was revived by Nietzsch

See my recent upload.. THE GOD MAN

[PhilosopherSteve]

@AcceleratorPlus Thanks for your comment, and for your interesting thoughts on the subject of consciousness. I have just watched your video The God Man - you might be interested to check out my new upload on Free Will which will be live shortly. Best wishes, Steve

[bofhd89o]

nothingness??, nice video, but it does not help answering who am i

[PhilosopherSteve]

@bofhd89o Thanks for your comment bofhd89o. Glad you like the video, hopefully I touched on some important ideas related to self, even I didn't land on an answer that satisfies your curiosity! Best wishes, Steve