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A Probable Entity

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Do you realize
The elements that shape you
What defines your mind
Do you

Understand the origins
Of your horrors and your joys
All the people
And places you have been to
All the smells
All images and touches
Do you feel them swirling
Through your hot brain matter

Do you know why
You do the things you do
And why you feel
The way you think you should

Do you realize
Do you
Hear the whispers
Of your deepest wishes
Can you see them how
They distort and twist
Your naked identity

Do you feel it
Your skin is cracking
With noises in your blood
Your subconsciousness creeping

In your body
In corners of your mind
Can you separate it
Can you become pure again

Can you comprehend
Your elusive personality
As a realized possibility
As a probable entity
I've been thinking lately about what it means to be yourself, how one's personality is shaped and why we are who we are. The question of existence of free will aside, there are things in our mind that we do or even don't remember, shaping our every day decisions.

What would it mean for one to completely understand why he / she acts in a certain way or why things in one's life turned out to be the way they are? Does the understanding itself free us to some extent from the influences of the past? Or are we just pawns of the past events, mindlessly reacting to what is racing through our brain, having barely enough self-awareness to realise that we exist?
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Nestharon's avatar
Not bad. I feel a mixture of materialism and astral realms melting together to form a shape which later becomes what humanity calls "human". The sad part is that even if humanity realizes that one lives a material life with a purpose which is leading the soul to a higher realm, the person has to let go of "the fear of the unknown" concept and than he or she can awaken truly. About the past, well a very wise mentor said "You must let go of the past, because it is like a dead person" and i would like to put a little more to the end of this quote: "And how long do you wish to torture, the dead persons soul?"