What to answer when someone ask , Who are you?

[Twilight Hue]

Hmmm my answer to that is. My original face is Purple with pink dots....

Oh my. That doesn't sound good. I hope you're taking some medicine for it.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Oh my. That doesn't sound good. I hope you're taking some medicine for it.

You think kookoo pills helps

 

[Hockeycowboy]

Thank you @Hockeycowboy
Yes when i been helping other it's been often anonymuosly
I still dont drive a car, but in your senarious i would maybe try to put my own car in the ditch if possible, so not to hurts other.

I'm sure you would.

You must have lots of friends. (I'd like to join that group.)
You know, that's another way to measure a person: by how many friends they have. Well, at least a poor person.

 

[Twilight Hue]

You think kookoo pills helps

They're like 50 bucks. I just saw the ad.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

You know, that's another way to measure a person: by how many friends they have. Well, at least a poor person.

I don't know about that for 100% sure, maybe, but I do know this...

If people ever show up at one's funeral some day, it's likely you were cared about and made a difference. Because no one likes going to funerals.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I'm sure you would.

You must have lots of friends. (I'd like to join that group.)
You know, that's another way to measure a person: by how many friends they have. Well, at least a poor person.

Umm i have only two people i consider as friends in the "real" world my ex gf and one other person.

 

[Hockeycowboy]

Umm i have only two people i consider as friends in the "real" world my ex gf and one other person.

Really? Why so few? You don't need to answer.

I do know one thing: good-hearted people tend to get hurt a lot, getting taken advantage of. If that's the reason, I certainly understand.
We live in a very selfish society. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 tells us a lot.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Really? Why so few? You don't need to answer.

I do know one thing: good-hearted people tend to get hurt a lot, getting taken advantage of. If that's the reason, I certainly understand.
We live in a very selfish society. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 tells us a lot.

I have sometimes problem trusting people, so people does not get to close to me to really start a friendship

 

[Hockeycowboy]

I have sometimes problem trusting people, so people does not get to close to me to really start a friendship

I understand completely.

 

[Heyo]

I'm of the belief that we can only find our true identity in a relational sense,

While that is an important factor (that many forget), it is only part of the answer. You are what you find within yourself (body and mind) plus your relation to others. Ignoring the one leads to loss of self worth, ignoring the other leads to selfishness. The answer is in the balance.

 

[Heyo]

Not me, but a good answer:

 

[SalixIncendium]

On a deep deep level of you. Who are You?

अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि
Aham Brahmasmi
I am Brahman

 

[ChristineM]

I dont know if this is the right place in the forum, so please move it if it is in wrong area

Yesterday I was a visit to my doctor, more to get guidance then to treat any illness But as usual when i am with this doctor I get one question i truly struggling with answering.

The doctor ask me: Who are you? And he does not mean my name, age or where I am from and those things, He wants to know if I know who I truly am. Deep within me, who am I seeing my self as?

And for the last 5 years, I have been unable to answer this question, my answer always comes up short.

So my question is.
On a deep deep level of you. Who are You?

Simple. "I am I"

 

[osgart]

I am someone just trying to be myself and not so much what others make of me; especially fundamentalists. I have been backed into corners with their spiritual battles.

All I want is to discover, learn, and grow.

My thing is to try to see things as they are, and not necessarily as I want them to be. Then see if I can make things better.

I don't like to preconceive, or prejudge.

I have a few disabilities. But those ain't who I am.

Making lemonade with lemons I guess.

 

[Aupmanyav]

So my question is - On a deep deep level of you. Who are You?

No such problem here in Advaita Hinduism. The answer is clear-cut, short and firm.

"sarvam hi etad brahma ayamatma brahma" Mandukya Upanishad 1.1.2
Everything here is Brahman (therefore), this self is Brahman.

No problem too about who you are.
"sa ātmā tat tvam asi, śvetaketo" Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7
That self is what you are, O Svetaketu.
(Sage Uddalaka Aruni explaining it to his son, Svetaketu)

 

[ChristineM]

Really? Why so few? You don't need to answer.

I do know one thing: good-hearted people tend to get hurt a lot, getting taken advantage of. If that's the reason, I certainly understand.
We live in a very selfish society. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 tells us a lot.

True friends are very hard to come by.

 

[Secret Chief]

Who is asking?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Who is asking?

The question

 

[syo]

Who are You?

I'm an animal. Close to chimp.

 

[Revoltingest]

I am what I do.