[split] Sanity -- from the Humanities Zoo thread

[Yelleryella123]

What do I have?

Everything and nothing. At the same time. Everything in this life is borrowed.. we come here empty handed and we go empty handed. Not even the skin on my back is truly "mine" is it?
If my only true belongings are my actions how do I know my actions are my own? If I believe they are not my own and it is all in the hands of a 'higher power' or fate (for example) am I free? Am I responsible?
Who is doing the thinking? Who trained me? Am I product of everything around me or is everything around me a product of my mind?


Actions sprout from thoughts,
thoughts sprout from previous actions
and previous actions sprout from previous thought.
So what do I have?
I only have my perception of each moment I exist in. And I so easily give it away to other moments in time, focusing on my future or thinking about my past. This society is so GO GO GO get shit done and base your existence on it - there is no time to self reflect. We become cogs in the machine.