Just as we only perceive space in dependence upon objects, so the assumed 'I' exists, only in dependence upon the body, objects and sensations.
"We find that space means nothing apart from our perception of objects, and time means nothing apart from our experience of events. Space begins to appear merely as a fiction created by our own minds (our physical bodies are merely things in space — see verse 16, Ulladu Narpadu),
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"We find that space means nothing apart from our perception of objects, and time means nothing apart from our experience of events. Space begins to appear merely as a fiction created by our own minds (our physical bodies are merely things in space — see verse 16, Ulladu Narpadu),
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