22. Autobiography in Five Chapters

1.

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost . . .

I am hopeless.

It isn’t my fault.

It takes forever to find a way out.

2.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don’t see it.

I fall in again.

I can’t believe I’m in the same place.

But it isn’t my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

3.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it is there.

I still fall in . . . it’s a habit.

My eyes are open.

I know where I am.

It is my fault.

I get out immediately.

4.

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

5.

I walk down another street.

Original Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
My Source: The Wickedly Wise Web (WWW).

21. Sorites paradox

One grain of sand isn't a heap. So, if you start with a heap and start taking out one grain of sand at a time, when does it stop being a heap?
This happens to be the famous Sorites paradox!

Metaphysically speaking, if you take out all that you think constitutes/completes you, one attribute at a time, then who do you end up with?