The Sum of Our Parts~

The sum of our parts is sense input, interpretation, and output.  In order to divide the sum, we would have to categorize what each sense (visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, tactile) has accumulated in regard to experience;  how, when, and where the brain interpreted the sense information; and how, when, where, what, why, and with whom the information was used, i.e., action(s).  Unfortunately, language and time have their restrictions when it comes to breaking down an individual’s self.  Ergo, ONE is who we are at any particular place and time.   We will always be one.  In addition, each “one” will vary based on their parts.  Nonetheless, like your “apple” being connected to a tree, and the tree being connected to...aye. :D

We cannot deny the “sense” of self, but what is self?  How can one describe self without throwing in the sum of our parts “like an existential stack of pancakes?”  Empathy comes from experience having felt a particular way in which we can relate to another.  Although we will not feel exactly what they are feeling, we do have an understanding.  The feeling you is but a part, a small part, of what lies in the sum.

The reality of the soul, on the other hand, is another debate entirely.

Indeed, “This above all- to thine own self be true.”  ~ Arachne ~ Sept. 23, 2014 in the p.m.