The Felt-Self as a Universe: Towards a Radically New Interpretation of Being
A person feels what it is to be oneself. In other words, I am myself and I feel it. I can see other people, but I cannot feel their “selves” like I feel mine. I cannot be-in-them like I am-in-my-self. In short, I feel therefore I am.
I feel therefore I am. I feel I am myself. I am in control of this self. Like a man is in his vehicle, I am in-myself. On the hand, I see other people but I am not-in-them. A man in a vehicle can see other vehicles, but is not in them, in control. The man in the vehicle holds the steering wheel while active and drives where he should want to or can. Alone, he can listen to the radio station of his choice. This is like me thinking, in my mind, unrestrained by any tangible force. However, the man in the vehicle encounters traffic. That is just like my encounter with others. They take up a space I cannot be-in like the private space that is the man’s vehicle.
