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Originally Posted by asaris
Still haven't answered my question; why, then, if all that's going on are (albeit complex) chemical reactions, why does it seem like I have free will?
Or, to ask a slightly different question, why does it seem like there's a me at all?
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Because you are mistaken? That would be my contention. It
seems like you have free will because you are under the illusion that you are not an automaton. It
seems like there is a you at all because our mind has to but labels and boundaries on things to make them easier to understand.
Buddhists can tell you that there is no seperate self. All is one. You are made up of entirely non-you things: carrots, ketchup, sunshine, rain, etc. That is to say that the things of which you are literally made (the things you eat, drink, breathe, etc.) are all not you. Just as the carrot, from which part of you is made, is in turn made from the soil, the sun, the air, the effort of the farmer, and so on.
All is one. With a different perspective, it doesn't "seem like there's a me at all." Buddhists spend a great deal of time trying to get past the illusion of "self."