There is much of me that exists beyond my skin., A Human Strategy, Matt Berry, 142

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We could say that the skin is the end of “my self,” or, as some like to fancy, that “I” am further inward.  If I lop off an arm, for example, “I” still am.  But if one proceeds in this manner, parsing the definition down to the “core,” one will end up with nothing, and then of course one has to write a book about it: “Nothingness and (add any word here).”  But whatever it is that we are it cannot be found inwardly.  Outwardly is closer to the truth.  There is much of me that exists beyond my skin.  While reflecting upon such matters, who would dare say that glass was the end of the mirror?



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