Some similarities between "God" and "Self". (Self used in the way Alan Watt's uses it in his book The Book)
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The models of both are refined through life experience and while the models gain in size, they don't improve very much in clarity. E.g. like knowing "more" about something illegible despite it staying illegible. ("systems thinking"?)
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Increased understanding protects against larger and larger degrees of loneliness. (hermit, wanderer, etc..)
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Both are constantly transmuting the unknown into the conscious. E.g. the act of "creation" is the same as the act of "perceiving"https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1346170420634869760 …
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Both are susceptible to the "false idol" effect which matches to Narcissus' reflection.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1323491831531798529 …
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Both are timeless. E.g. self can only recreate a memory of the past or model the future so it's always "Now"-ish
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