Read the full article which is published on Philosophy Bits (external link)In this universe, you are a substantial self that relates to a separate world using knowledge and language. In the other universe, you are completely empty of content and the world is also you.
In this universe, you know exactly what you are and what you are not. In the other universe, you are everything and nothing at the same time, which means you can be something completely different in each moment.
In this universe, the world is reducible to a set of facts that follow from one another, and it is therefore limited and final. In the other universe, the world is magical: it is always more than you have seen, and it can surprise you at any moment.
In this universe, events are spread out and there is time between them to pause and reflect. In the other universe, everything flows felicitously from one event to the next.
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