When exploring “self” on Sunday, Jack mentions three different uses of “I” when speaking of the following: the I that acts, the I that possesses (mine) and the the I to whom events occur (me). To this we might add the following: the I that perceives and the I that intends.
It might be useful to think of “I” as a function of meaning. Acting, possessing, receiving,perceiving and intending may be tendencies of mind to orient and give meaning to experience. Without the concept of “I” the senses would receive stimuli without order or direction. In other words perhaps “I” is an organizing tendency rather than a separate entity.
Hayward
