Automaton's by social subscription? I would guess that there is some degree of identity that is dictated by social norms. Then there is the cultural norm as well in which a child's identity is most often prearranged without room for personal development. Toss in ethnicity and you have nearly obliterated the chance for a person to seek personal identity from within.
On Apr 25, 10:32 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > I think most of the people of the world are automatons. Their identity > is what they're 'supposed to be'. > The wannabes are obviously driven by something other than the unique > self. > I believe conformity is the purpose of the multi-media. > > The oddballs (like some of the people around here) who do recognize > their 'self', I would think are the 'identified self'. The true self > set the purpose to which the Life force was directed. That which they > are is that which they chose to be. > > peace & Love > > On Apr 25, 10:27 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I find that many people regardless of their social status, socio- > > enconomic level or general upbringing sometimes identify with that > > which they are not. Some call them a "wannabe". Whatever the label > > whatever the alter ego it still remains the same, people relating with > > that which they are not. > > > Actor extraordinaire Daniel Day-Lewis once said, > > "I came from the educated middle class but I identified with the > > working classes. Those were the people I looked up to. The lads whose > > fathers worked on the docks or in shipping yards or were shopkeepers. > > I knew that I wasn't part of that world, but I was intrigued by it. > > They had a different way of communicating. People who delight in > > conversation are often using that as a means to not say what is on > > their minds. When I became interested in theater, the work I admired > > was being done by working-class writers. It was often about the > > inarticulate. I later saw that same thing in Robert De Niro's early > > work - it was the most sublime struggle of a man trying to express > > himself. There was such poetry in that for me." > > > Are we who we are or are we that which we identify with, or possibly a > > combination of both? > > > Personally I think that in someway we all identify with specific > > things in the external world that we feel suits our personal desire, > > want or need and then by adopting that identity we somehow learn to be > > that which we identify with, unless it is beyond our capacity to > > become that. > > > Is that a distraction from who we "really" are? Is the constant > > bombardment from multi-media a detriment to the development of the > > true self? > > > Do we waste much of our time in youth attempting to emulate that which > > we are intrigued by only to realize later in life the reality of who > > we really are? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
