Posts by Sam Martinez9

I’ve already attempted to find an answer to the question I’m about to pose, but I haven't come close to finding clarity, let alone a definitive response.

The subject at hand is the nature of being and its constituent parts, so perhaps there is some luck to be found here.

It seems worth noting that I am currently in my fifties. Over the course of these five decades, both my physical body and my mind have undergone constant transformation. I have studied, I have lived, and I have accumulated experiences; life itself has reshaped me.

And yet, despite all that change, I am left with the impression that I am still that same wide-eyed, curious child, watching this magnificent and magical world unfold. To put it more precisely, I have this sensation that there is one specific part of me—a core part—that represents the true *me*, which has remained virtually untouched by the passage of these fifty years.

I am curious to know if any other members here share this same feeling, or this same sense of self.

Daniel Castillo11

You seem to be contradicting yourself a bit.

First, you claim: "...this started happening to me once I let go of all those illusions and self-deceptions regarding the supernatural..."

Only to follow that up by saying: "...but no matter how much I let go or reflect, I am still just a man who cannot break his own nature..."

If you’ve truly cast aside the illusion of the supernatural, shouldn't you have already accepted that you are simply a man incapable of defying his own nature?

Once we strip away the supernatural, all that remains is the human being as a biological entity—a product of nature and evolution, much like a lion is a product of nature and evolution. In that framework, a person's nature is their essence, and there is simply no way to break it.