I, me, mine.

[Abbey Marie]

Regarding some of the above posts - this has nothing to do with socialism etc.



[/I]That is the right question, and I think the answer has to be no. “My” body is not the same body I had yesterday, nor will it be the same tomorrow. In what sense is your body the same as the one you occupied when you were 15?

Are you your body, or are you inside it?

Now we are moving from talking of ownership to states of being, characteristics, etc.
We need our resident poet to write about how the river is never the same twice.

I wish my body was the same as it once was, lol. And my mind, too. The mental acuity I had, say, taking the bar exam, was quite better than it is as I write this. And my thoughts and wisdom, I guess, have evolved/matured as well. But at the core, I am still “me”.

To your point (?), if my consciousness could be transferred to another body, whatever is “me” would go with it. The body is just a handy container, and not really determinative of self. But it’s still mine. At least until I am pregnant; then I share it with another being.