[Elizabeth]

The concept of ownership was never really delineated. Is a thought not really mine because it could go away? because alzhiemers or a baseball bat to the head could take it away? If a mugger mugs someone, did the victim never own what the mugger took because it was possible to take it away?

Michael, you had a good thought about if we are nothing, than we could not own anything. The self is a construct of convenience, and so too would be ownership. Then the question what what do we really own, so one must also ask what is real? In that we are all one, nothing can be taken from us because we are, and therefore own, everything. In that none of us inherently exists, we are nothing and can own nothing. In the constructs of convenience, we own or do not own as the conventions apply.

You could own nothing, or everything and everyone, or somewhere in between as the conventions of local reality dictate. It is a matter of perspective.

[mkirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth The concept of ownership was never really delineated. Is a thought not really mine because it could go away? because alzhiemers or a baseball bat to the head could take it away? If a mugger mugs someone, did the victim never own what the mugger took because it was possible to take it away? Michael, you had a good thought about if we are nothing, than we could not own anything. The self is a construct of convenience, and so too would be ownership. Then the question what what do we really own, so one must also ask what is real? In that we are all one, nothing can be taken from us because we are, and therefore own, everything. In that none of us inherently exists, we are nothing and can own nothing. In the constructs of convenience, we own or do not own as the conventions apply. You could own nothing, or everything and everyone, or somewhere in between as the conventions of local reality dictate. It is a matter of perspective.

I agree Elizabeth,it is a paradox in the end,for we own nothing,but have everything as well.

regards michael.