So as the child grows up, the initial "I-thought" will attract other thoughts:
it will identify with gender, what it has, the body it senses, nationality,
race, religion, occupation, etc. Other things I identify with include roles
(mother, father, husband, wife, etc.), accumulated knowledge or opinions, likes
and dislikes, things that have happened to me in the past, and memories of ideas
that allow me to further define my sense of self as "me and my story" (me and
story). These are just some of the things that allow peop...
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