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I believe that if I wake up in another persons body, I would most likely notice a difference. Even if my memories don't help me, I think it would be weird waking up as someone else. I would definitely want to remember.Heidi M Simone wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 12:26It is a hard one to answer! Part of me would want to remember because I love my life now, but the other part thinks “if I could remember, then I would never be happy since I would always be wanting my previous life and not the one that I woke up to,” which then leads to the question - would you want to remember if you could?Brenda Creech wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 08:06That sounds very logical! It is a hard question to answer! Thanks for the response!hsimone wrote: ↑03 Oct 2022, 18:37 I thought that was an interesting question, too. My initial thought would be that I would notice a difference, but then thinking about it more, I’m not so sure. If I woke up in someone else’s body with their memories, then maybe I wouldn’t notice a difference since I would essentially be living their life. I probably wouldn’t remember my own memories and just the person I woke up to be.
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Fun fact: When I was a child, I used to have dreams where I was a butterfly or a blade of grass and all types of other conscious creation and always wondered if I were getting a sneak peak into one of my previous lives.
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If I still think the way I think but it doesn't fit where or who I am that indeed would be confusing.
For example, if my thinking is to get up and brush my long dark hair and I wake to a short blonde pixie cut... And I do remember getting a pixie cut, but I have thoughts of a habit of brushing long dark hair... That could drive a person to insanity.
Picture more of those confusing thoughts and those confusing memories.
I hope I never have to experience anything like that.
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I must say that the longer I thought about the question, the more the subject of reincarnation, or the returning of souls to a new life, become foremost in my mind. Could the "deja vu" moments that some tend to experience be breakthrough memories of a time in another body? The question of whether you would know if you woke up in someone else's bed with their memories, not your own, I believe, depends on how strong your soul or personality is in your being. The stronger your sense of self, the more likely you would feel that something was off with your world. Just my thoughts....BriahRay wrote: ↑09 Jan 2023, 16:27 Such an interesting and intriguing question. I honestly was hooked and wanted to read more soon as I read the opening question. I honestly believe in reincarnation and the possiblity of living a life before this in a previous body/species on a different planet/dimension. There is so much about the world that we do not know and the possibilities are endless. So, hypothetically, if I have lived before... when I was birthed in the body as "me" I had no memories except for the ones that I have created over the course of 27 years. So what if, when we are reborn, we start with a clean slate with fresh new memories; no longer having any recollection of who we once were. I thought about this when I read the opening question. Based on this theory, the answer would be no. If I were to wake up as someone else, I do not think that I would remember who I was or have any of my memories. However, I feel that maybe if I dug deep enough or had a similar circumstance then maybe an old memory would be triggered and I may end up gathering information as to who I once was, but I do not think that I would just have those memories.
Fun fact: When I was a child, I used to have dreams where I was a butterfly or a blade of grass and all types of other conscious creation and always wondered if I were getting a sneak peak into one of my previous lives.
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I do believe we are created to be united together as part of the spiritual world, and the body is just a physical manifestation to live out that as humans. People are uniquely identified just enough to be distinguished from each other but overall seen as one love. So what truly makes me different from you- my memories and your memories- your life and my life- are we not truly the same?
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I think I agree. I think it depends on what "I" (or "you") is - the complete mental being save for the memories? Or a mindless bundle of energy? If the former, then obviously I would notice that I strayed away somewhere. If the latter, then it would not make any difference in which physical and mental "shell" I woke up. This question reminds me of the eternal debate I have with my mum - I say that if my father were another person, I would still be me but looking different and maybe having a different birth date and age. And my mum is adamant that I would not exist at all, because any child by a different father would be a totally different person. A very interesting question!Imbored89 wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 04:39 If our memories and lives were swapped, then I probably wouldn't notice any difference at all after waking up because I'm not very focused or observant. However, if we go beyond memories and think about habits, likes and dislikes, regular approaches or solutions to problems, or anything that could have been affected by my previous memories and experiences, then I might feel like something is off at the end of the day because how I feel would not exactly match up with my new set of memories.
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Yesterday I thought and wrote this but on reflection, considering the amended opening question, revisiting the book, I think I am reaching a different conclusion, so I am synching this post with my thoughts on the philosophy forum. To set my line of thought in context, the book distinguishes between the "two Yous" - the "real" which is the conscience, and the "unreal" which is the body with all its "dress up" of the physical and social attributes. So the next question is what conscience is made of. If, as in the opening question, we remove from a person's conscience the person's memories and replace them with the memories of another person, would the conscious identity of the original person remain? I personally think that memories are the premise of a person's consciousness. Humans have memories from as far back as 2.5 years old and build their life experience on them - if I learned how to read, it becomes a memory which I use to read books. If I cooked the food, it becomes the memory which I use to eat what I cooked, etc. From this perspective, if we replace the memories with another's person, the person's identity will be replaced with that of that another person. So my answer to these questions is that I would not notice the difference, and there would be no difference to notice. This will be not because I would still be the real me. It will be because I would become the two Yous.Olga Markova wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 17:18I think I agree. I think it depends on what "I" (or "you") is - the complete mental being save for the memories? Or a mindless bundle of energy? If the former, then obviously I would notice that I strayed away somewhere. If the latter, then it would not make any difference in which physical and mental "shell" I woke up. This question reminds me of the eternal debate I have with my mum - I say that if my father were another person, I would still be me but looking different and maybe having a different birth date and age. And my mum is adamant that I would not exist at all, because any child by a different father would be a totally different person. A very interesting question!Imbored89 wrote: ↑04 Oct 2022, 04:39 If our memories and lives were swapped, then I probably wouldn't notice any difference at all after waking up because I'm not very focused or observant. However, if we go beyond memories and think about habits, likes and dislikes, regular approaches or solutions to problems, or anything that could have been affected by my previous memories and experiences, then I might feel like something is off at the end of the day because how I feel would not exactly match up with my new set of memories.