Now this I find fascinating. I know I'm getting a bit deep here, but... You need external stimuli in order to feel like you exist? So without any external stimuli, you fear you might not know whether you exist? What's left of you when you remove all external things? This starts to open a slim crack in a doorway towards a profound inner revelation. The Descartes quote "I think therefore I am" is incorrect, as any meditator will tell you. If your thoughts quieten down, you're still there, in fact you're MORE there. But what is this "you" that remains once all thoughts and all external stimuli have ceased? This is the question to be investigated...
Now this I find fascinating. I know I'm getting a bit deep here, but... You need external stimuli in order to feel like you exist? So without any external stimuli, you fear you might not know whether you exist? What's left of you when you remove all external things? This starts to open a slim crack in a doorway towards a profound inner revelation. The Descartes quote "I think therefore I am" is incorrect, as any meditator will tell you. If your thoughts quieten down, you're still there, in fact you're MORE there. But what is this "you" that remains once all thoughts and all external stimuli have ceased? This is the question to be investigated...