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The Puzzle of 'Self'

Posted by 64bowtie on June 16, 2008, at 3:55:45

My observations and discoveries have inspired me to profer a simple model of where to start on the journey to find the "Self"...

I have noticed that many people have no mental picture of the differences between

1. who they are, and

2. what they do...

Test what I am saying here... Ask that obnoxious and largely out of context question, "Who are you???" If you get cooperation, out comes vivid pictures of everything from what their workday is generally like, to how big the one that got away was, to a tour of all their antiques and collectibles... They relate either their chores and how they do them, or they parade their "Stuff" as stories or belongings...

Historically, mixing up "who you are" with "what you do (or did)", has produced many cases of failed lives, full of misery, pain, and suffering... (exempli gratia) Children who play with matches, burn down the house, killing a baby sybling or parent, often grow up feeling like they are "Bad to the Bone"...

When they discover that stories about Watershed Incidents, like their house fire, doesn't contain enough information in order to satisfy the "who are you" question, the picture is no longer forced to contain a collection of good and bad deeds...

On the other hand, "Who are you" is misguided as a behavior evaluation... It is instead existential in nature (you is who you is)... The answer can be "time-value" related, e.g. "I am honest, hard working, curious and reliable, MOST OF THE TIME", providing a much clearer picture with more and better texture...

And, above all, being no longer wieghed down by our history of mistakes, releases our creativity... The torture and torment of past mistakes fade along with the obligations and expectations which are dependent on and derived from them, relieving the brain to discover all the new stuff not yet known... A sobering thought is that when we compare what we know to what we don't yet know and can't even guess at, it measures to be the size of a "BB" as compared to a railway boxcar, 8ftx8ftx40ft for what we don't know and can't imagine... We have a great deal to learn, folks!!!

Its a new life!!!

Rod


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