The person who wakes up in Mike’s body isn’t Mike. He or she has swapped bodies with Mike overnight and now they need to swap back. The trouble is, Mike’s body includes Mike’s mind, which means they have all of Mike’s thoughts and all of Mike’s memories too, and none of their own. How can you get back to your true self if you don’t know who or what that is?
My True Self is an original short story by Doe Wilmann
Absurdist - Comedy - Philosophy
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You might enjoy this episode if you like:
Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
The Fly
Non duality
Albert Camus
René Descartes
Fiction that makes you think
Psychological fiction
Philosophical fiction
Contemplating the nature of the self
Freaky Friday
Being John Malkovich
The Change-Up
Body Swap stories
Skiving work
Things to consider when listening:
Who/what is your true self? If you were to swap bodies and minds with another person, would you still be you? But don’t you have an almost entirely different body and mind than you did when you were a child? What do you mean by ‘you’? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with?
