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Post #486010

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DuracellEnergizer
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What Is Wrong with This Picture? (from the ROTS script)
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Date created
26-Mar-2011, 2:17 PM

twooffour said:

Why does Qui-Gon say "no thought of self" right after talking about the possibility of "avoiding oblivion" while retaining consciousness, and DEMONSTRATING THAT HIMSELF WHILE HE'S SPEAKING? 

I think this one at least can slide. Quiggy's talk about "no thought of self" is probably about the absence of desires for material pleasures, possessions, rewards, things like that. 

Of course, the whole retain-your-personality-and-obtain-immortality thing smacks of "thought of self" so ...