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Old 09-24-2010   #14
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Re: Thomas Metzinger
Quote Originally Posted by Tsalal XIII View Post
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Do you really experience yourself as an external observer of your body?
No, not external (that adjective wasn't present in the original quote), but I certainly feel that I'm observing my hand, which is pretty close to "experiencing myself as simultaneously an observer of my body and the subject of observation".
I guess we are interpreting it differently. The original quote was "... felt his head was detached from the rest of his body and experienced himself as simultaneously an observer of his body and the subject of observation."

I took this to mean that he could feel his body but felt detached from it (except for his head) making him feel like an external observer of it. That is, he had lost his sense (the illusion) of ownership or oneness with the rest of his body.
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