Who are we? There is no single correct answer to that question, but my answer, and in my opinion the most accurate answer is , we are the sum of all our experiences. But what if , our experiences are polluted, false even? Because if you're sufficiently caught up in the hogwash that is dished out by the moulders of public opinion, you will tend to pollute your impressions at the source.
Your LSD trip is no longer your LSD trip, its Aldous Huxley's, or of one of your friend's friends who consumed some on a trip to Goa, and ranted about it the first and only time you met him.
There is no doubt that you cannot help but be influenced, the world we live in. Experience, sadly will never be completely pure. But what we can do is open our minds. I've opened mine.
What a gulf between Impression and Expression!
