Is it normal normal that i can't comprehend the meaning of "i"?

Sometimes I'll get into one of those thought processes that is so mind boggling that it gives me a headache.

The meaning of the word "I"
Who is "I"? Is it my body? Is it just my brain? I used to wonder what it would be like if my brain was somewhere else, like in my foot. Would my sense of "I" change from my head to my foot? Is everyone else "I" or am I the only real "I" and everyone else are just people? Sometimes I feel like "I" am just the brain and I feel like my body's just a vehicle.

Is this normal or am I somewhat insane?

Is It Normal?
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  • "I" is the universal life-force within all of us that keeps us alive like a battery, or a lamp that without being plugged into the wall would be useless and we would wonder if it even exists because it's hiding in the darkness.. the argument is that it (the lamp)would exist, but how would we know without that life-force shining through that opens our eyes/gives us life in order to see that we, ourselves, are that lamp!.. the little "i" which is our ego, lost in the darkness which both connects us all and makes us doubt everything; but no matter what, we look down and see our bodies as a physical being, so we believe the lamp (us/little "i"/ego) of course exists with or without being plugged into the wall, because we don't even realize we are immersed in darkness because we can see our own reflections in a mirror. the light illuminates the truth that is in all of us. THAT light that we all share is the universal electric company which some call god, but as long as it's not confused with assuming that the lamp can light itself without an external force, then that LIGHT is what "I" actually is..

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  • no. you're making things more complicated than they are because you fell into the trap of new-age metaphysical stuff that people use to say while they were frying on acid. it's like taoism and confucism. it's designed to boggle your mind by over complicating everything and making you question the most common sense truths. "I" simply refers to your physical body.

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    • oh and i almost forgot "confucism" is supposed to "confuse". it's a fake religion designed to confuse people. shocking i know. almost all the religions are like that.

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  • "I" is your body, your thoughts, your everything. It's all of you!

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  • I am light occupying this body for one brief moment in time.

    I am a spiritual being having a human experience.

    You may want to look into existentialism. Do you like my name ;)

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  • YES, it's totally normal.

    Actually, in psychological terms, "I" refers to the ego, or the spirit of the person. The emotions, the thoughts, the personality traits, the laughing, the crying, the likes and dislikes that make you, you.

    In other terms, "I" can refer to your body OR your mind, depending on the context. If you say, "I really enjoyed that", you mean psychologically. If you say, "I think that tastes really good", you're talking physical body AND psychologically. So in reality, "I" means any and all things pertaining to you, as an individual, both psychologically and physically. Hope this helps!

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  • I thought I was the only i

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  • Ya I stared in the mirror and did that once it hella freaked me out

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  • "I" is your being

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  • I is all of you--your mind, body and soul. I is your brain heart and anything that is inside you. I is the essence of who you are--everything else is they or it.

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  • You're far from insain. It's perfictly normal to think like this. My personal idea of "I" is that it refers to my mind. I refer to my body as my body and the same to my body parts. So basicly... The vehicle idea. Everyone else is "I" only when refering to them self.

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  • Sounds like an identity crisis to me. It's normal however as long as it doesn't get depressive, then it would be something o think about getting help with

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