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This is Advaita Vedanta[1], more or less, except the Hindus would say that the You in the story is just the I that has forgotten what it is, and also the I is all that exists. You can listen to Alan Watts sum it all up concisely as lo-fi hip-hop.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbAzFw-7xg



Spot on.

Advaita Vedanta makes no distinction between god and yourself.

Advaita means non-dual. There is no one else except the unmanfiest god of which you are a manifest form.

There a very nice class on the Bhagwan Gita under the context of advaita Vedanta[1] by the vedanta society of New York. I’d suggest listening to it for people interested in the subject.

[1] https://on.soundcloud.com/FhQVScWFPKG4Sen56




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