observing my flow of consciousness

You can't know what you are by talking about it at lenght you need to do stuff with your life, not the normal run of the mill stuff, the stuff that puts you out of your comfort zone. You could get on a plane next week, go to central america , find a secluded beach where leather back turtles come out at night to lay their eggs, live off beans ,rice and land crabs for a month, go climb in the Andes, buy a camel in the Gulf od Aqaba and ride it to Dahab , see how really poor people live that don't have the luxury of sitting in their flat the whole day wondering what the hell life is about. You could buy a dug-out canoe and travel the lenght of lake Malawi.

And at the end of your life say ' I did that' or you could say ' I really wondered about that' Free will requires the strength of conviction to grab life by the balls. Free will is also going to the pub for a pint on Friday evenings telling yourself you are happy.

words are just words man it is meaningless, life is doing real stuff.

So ,no, you cannot do what you want ,you can only do as much as your courage allows you to do.

Tell me about who ?

Dubious I'm going to take time to read thoroughly your post then reply . Thank you

Yes I agree you can't know what you are by talking about it at length . Done that . I'm observing my flow of consciousness now

Dubious Duck makes me want to do all those things!

Okay . A few things there . As I saw I can do what I want I also saw I have needs . I thought I can turn around and walk back along the beach I'd visited but then it struck me I need to get back home my wife is waiting .

It struck me that we can only do what we want when we have the freedom to do that . When we don't need to do something else .

I suppose one could argue that we could ignore our needs and to what we want . Stay in that movie seat even though we wet ourselves . I'm not sure whether or not that's a logical argument .

As for courage . Interesting . Perhaps sometimes we want to do something we just can't. We are too fearful of doing it .

If we could press a button to take that action we would .

It reminds me of the idea fear is the opposite of love . Sometimes we want to take the loving action but we are too scared

Dum vivimus vivamus

About the end of our lives . Dubious I know when I die I'll consider my life as having been worthwhile . I've known some exceptionally beautiful people and had some exceptionally beautiful experiences.

Ah see what you mean Ag

Anyway dubious I have those beautiful people in my life and I relax and be myself with them and enjoy them thoroughly . Enjoy my life throughly .

And you know I know I don't mean to hurt anyone . I'm okay with being me . It's not that I tell myself I'm happy . I am happy .

I'm just curious about what it is I am

Hello fh . Thank you for joining me here . I'm thrilled you followed the thread leap

So dubious . Are you happy ?

Can anyone tell me about Descartes ?!

Why  does   chess.com   use spyware on its members?

I say spy ware, because every time I have been at a web site it shows up in the ads when I go on chess.com 

As in I was looking for a lamp and using "Mac Book Pro" in what is called "private window"  when I when on chess.com the next time that web site came up as an ad...... So I ask why do they use spy ware on their members 

AG not sure thats quite what DD meant...

A follower of Descartes then..i think therefore i scam

Pretty

Ag at 38. That's poetic and absurd . You're a thief

Yeah fh . I'm pretty sure dd didn't mean that . Maybe Ag is right though . True freedom is just doing what the hell we want no matter what

About spyware . I don't know . Buddy for me this thread is about what we are but good luck to you . Spyware I don't mind really . Virus are awful and scary too . I had one the other day . From a poetry site !