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well, i think you are kinda on the right track to start, but are ending up with the wrong conclusion. everyone's heart and lungs do work the same way, the physiology is essentially the same (although often people do have abnormalities... remember how the n'sync lance guy was gonna go into space and had a congenital heart defect fixed? i took a cadaver lab class and the lady we examined had an extra lobe to her right lung). but my heart doesn't work like everyone elses. yeah, they physically work the same way, but mine sure doesn't pump as efficiently as lance armstrongs.
our brains all work under the same general rules, but some people have different levels of neurotransmitters, different natural intelligence, etc.
now, i believe we really are just a product of our environment. everything that we are today was shaped by everything that we've ever experienced. so frmo the time we're concieved, and our bodies grow, and are born, everything we experience , the way we think, feel, is based upon the interaction of our mental abilities, emotional maturity (both of which are also based on life experience and physical growth/maturity) and experiences. but no two of us ever have the exact same genetics, exact same maturation, and exact same experiences.
for example, a person who as a child has his parents lock him in the dark attic as a punishment may become irrationally terrified of the dark when the lights at the floyd concert turn off. while another person will be filled with anticipation because his experience with darkness and concerts lead him to have a different reaction.
it's not that we each have a unique 'spirit' (spirit meaning soul, not 'oh, she's such a kind-spirited girl!'), it's that we all have different experiences that interact with our different physiologies.
i'm not going to bother with your assertation that we are all part of one unified existence and the rest, becasue i don't agree with it, but that's based on my beliefs and assumptions about the universe. yours are equally valid, but not to my tastes.
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