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I once read that the human soul is composed of thousands of little "I"s that churn about and battle to be at the forefront of one's psuedo-consciousness. Some of these "I"s have more in common with or are somehow connected with others to form large groups, although oftentimes these "I"s may be "attached" to more than one group. Moreover, these various groups may ally to form varying personalities that are brought forth by internal (thoughts and emotions) or external stimuli (sensations). For instance, let's say a person has decided to quit smoking and he or she has all sorts of motives and reasonings for quiting and the thought of smoking seems totally out of the question, but when the cravings start kicking in these certain little "I"s that want to smoke start working on the consciousness with all sorts of little validations as to why smoking isn't so bad and how silly it is not to smoke. "I"s that want to smoke start gathering together to overcome the "quit-smoking" "I"s until the idea of quiting seems no longer seems to be what that person wanted at all. And then they smoke. It's not until after they have smoked again that the "not-smoking" "I"s begin to return to generate feelings of guilt. In a sense we have a very weak will under these circumstances. Personalities may also pop up in different envornments and around different people. The only thing any of us can do is recognize them when they appear and watch for those instances when we alter our belief systems to conform to these sometimes contradictory personalities. In other words, study ourselves, what we believe in and why, and try to maintain these beliefs until new perspectives, facts and knowledge alter them, not circumstances. Oh, well, I guess where all a little fake in some sense or another, but we can create a "belief-system" or "center of gravity" that can underly all our personalities. All this is just a theory of psychology I once read long ago.
"Each conscious mind is alone in the universe!"
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