I am glad for this forum. There are many thoughts that I have had
which had no place to go. Perhaps this is the place.
Wish I knew who said this
"Today’s solution is tomorrows problem"
All to often; like a building with an out of square, or uneven foundation
as each new part of the building gets built there is the need for fixes to compensate
for the original poor foundation.
So I tend to look at cultural assumption, the core beliefs that we live with that
define our cultural affiliations, and our own identity, and by extension our sense of belonging and safety.
Even the most basic and most rooted belief, that we and I have an individual identity leads us to some other remarkably common behaviors which I will further explore in following posts.
If you are having a strong reaction to this examination it is a good indicator of how strongly rooted this core belief is. Are you angry or bothered?
What does having your own identity mean to you? Can you even see how you might just be one more person that really doesn't do anything unique during the whole day, week, month, or year.
How many unique behaviors define your being? How many of them are really shared with the rest of humanity?
Are you really all that special, gifted or original or are you really just looking at ranges of normal behavior for humans and you may be at one of the extreme positions in a continuum of behavior? Perhaps the most defining thing about you is nothing more original than a set of behaviors that were explored by Shakespeare, or the ancient Egyptians.
Somewhere someone is doing, or has done the same thing that you are doing , or just did.
No doubt many of you have also pondered your sense of self and may have come to the same conclusion as I have. We share more in common with a collective than we do as our own original individual being.
Yet in Seattle, we see each other as individuals first. Is it good to be a me and you a you. What must I do to be me? What is the cost of this buffer between us? What are the results? Is my identity my uniqueness worth it?
which had no place to go. Perhaps this is the place.
Wish I knew who said this
"Today’s solution is tomorrows problem"
All to often; like a building with an out of square, or uneven foundation
as each new part of the building gets built there is the need for fixes to compensate
for the original poor foundation.
So I tend to look at cultural assumption, the core beliefs that we live with that
define our cultural affiliations, and our own identity, and by extension our sense of belonging and safety.
Even the most basic and most rooted belief, that we and I have an individual identity leads us to some other remarkably common behaviors which I will further explore in following posts.
If you are having a strong reaction to this examination it is a good indicator of how strongly rooted this core belief is. Are you angry or bothered?
What does having your own identity mean to you? Can you even see how you might just be one more person that really doesn't do anything unique during the whole day, week, month, or year.
How many unique behaviors define your being? How many of them are really shared with the rest of humanity?
Are you really all that special, gifted or original or are you really just looking at ranges of normal behavior for humans and you may be at one of the extreme positions in a continuum of behavior? Perhaps the most defining thing about you is nothing more original than a set of behaviors that were explored by Shakespeare, or the ancient Egyptians.
Somewhere someone is doing, or has done the same thing that you are doing , or just did.
No doubt many of you have also pondered your sense of self and may have come to the same conclusion as I have. We share more in common with a collective than we do as our own original individual being.
Yet in Seattle, we see each other as individuals first. Is it good to be a me and you a you. What must I do to be me? What is the cost of this buffer between us? What are the results? Is my identity my uniqueness worth it?
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