"Or, and this bears thought, we are just smelly bags of mostly water who have electrical, mechanical impulses to do things, and say things. Ack. Am I a dualist? Or am I a pluralist? I don't want to be a monist. Monism makes life seem so mundane."

I'm voting for the "smelly bags" theory although the 'Place Bets Here' window happens to be closed.
Personally, I happen to be a pluralist considering I believe in multiple planes with multiple realities. Monism, In my opinion seems to be for the closed-minded. Just my 2 pence...

-Courtney