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Advocatus replied to the topic To what degree do the stories we tell shape our lives? in the forum General Discussion 6 years, 5 months ago
We are a story-telling species. When something astonishing happens to you, don’t you immediately start thinking how you’re going to tell your friends about it, what words you will use to describe the experience? And as soon as you do, the actual memory of the experience in your brain gets altered to conform to the story you just told. (This accounts for a lot of “paranormal” experiences.) The extent to which your “self” changes to accommodate this is debatable. The “science and nonduality” links look like mysticism. I personally wouldn’t put a lot of stock in what they say. By all means read it and ponder it, because expanding your horizons is always a good thing, but take it with a grain of salt.



