Through out out my life I have always wondered if what we live is fiction or reality. What proofs us that what we see actually exists or that other people are other actual human beings that think and feel like we do. Like how David Banach says "we cannot feel what is going on in anyone else's mind". We are trapped victims of our own mind. There is not objective way to know and feel like the other person. We can only try to understand people by what they tell us and feel the way they do comparing with own life experiences. Sometimes I see it if I am the only person alive and living in a made up world with fictional people. It feels like life is a novel and I am the protagonist in the story. According to David Banach "we are minds trapped in our bodies" which is true in the perspective that our mind is all we have. It is our best friend since we connect with it all day and I think that is what David Banach means by Absolute Individuality.
Regarding the fact that it is impossible to know exactly what someone else is feeling, there are times that assure me that what I am living is real. When I'm with a person who I really connect with and feel comfortable with, all doubts about reality immediately abolish. Also, I believe in a human sense when people have a mental connection even though they are not talking. Remember the example I gave last year in your class that everyone though was cheesy and funny? About when sometimes I am in the subway and i see a complete stranger and have a connection with that person and we each know the connection is going on even thouh we are not talking.
Another way I am one step closer to feeling a true connection with another human being is with emotions. Emotions are what makes us human. Without emotions we would be just like robots. When someone around me feels very happy or sad I sense that they too are living their own lives. A life full of struggles and obstacles. That they also have curious minds and wonder these concepts.
Once again there is not objective way of knowing that what we are living is real. That everyone around us has the capability of feeling what we feel. We are victims of our own minds and live in an absolute individuality. The only thing we can do is have faith in what we believe in and let our instincts guide us.
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