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Living As The Being You Are
By Michael Roads | Guest Writer for Wake Up World
The title of this article begs the question; who are you? A general basic for most people’s concepts about themselves could be something like this; I was born. I’m human. I’m not bad looking. I think I’m reasonably intelligent. My life could be better, but it could be worse. I hope to be successful. I will grow older, and one day I will die. We only live once. I hope that my life will have been happy.
None of this addresses who you are. How many people consciously ask themselves these questions: Who am I? Why am I? What is my life truly about? In fact, only the few ask these questions. The many do not even think about it, or it is a fleeting thought, quickly dismissed.
Most people grow up with a similar outlook on life as their parents. Oh yes, there is the time of rebellion, when parents are ‘has-beens,’ but this passes. By the time our thirties arrive, we realise that our parents actually have learned something about life. And then, like it or not, all our formative years with them kick in . . . and we gradually become more like them as the years pass by. We share similar views of life, pretending that we don’t. Oh, we may well be very computer literate, and they are hopeless on anything electronic, but such as this is immaterial. We mostly follow their emotional patterns, their basic beliefs; we have a similar relationship with life, and with ourselves. If they had anger problems, the probability is that we will.
Obviously, we are also capable of manufacturing our own!
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat
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2013-04-15 08:07:48
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