haven't read Weber but I learned a little about Calvinism in history. One aspect which I do think comes into play is the context of values related to the basic economic structure of social life. — Jack Cummins
(quoting Giddens)it has to be informed by overall goals_ those of becoming free from dependence and achieving fulfilment'. — Jack Cummins
What Does it Mean to Find One's 'True' Self?
:fire:Relationships are dependencies - of exploitation and/or care. The more one is engaged with the world and others, and the less one isconcerned[obsessed] with oneself ... — unenlightened
Bottom line, when we get all of our ducks in row, at least temporarily, there can be a “feeling” of being ‘without any kind of internal or external deception or equivocation’. That is a very powerful incentive not to delve further and most people do not. — ArielAssante
mindfulness is the optimum state of mind. — ArielAssante
It was attributed to me by Pantagruel. — ArielAssante
I think mindfulness is the optimum state of mind.
This is an area which I have been thinking about, especially in relation to modernity and postmodernism, and reading, 'Modernity and Self-Identity in the Late Modern Age', by Anthony Giddens. He argues that this involves self-knowledge and that,
'To be true to oneself means finding oneself, but since as an active process of self-constuction it has to be informed by overall goals_ those of becoming free from dependence and achieving fulfilment'. He points to the rites of passage in social life and the sense of meaning, including honesty and integrity. He looks at the way in which identity became mobilised through modernity and how bodily appearance became more significant, including lifestyle regimes. — Jack Cummins
This is not my quote, Agent Smith:
'mindfulness is the optimum state of mind'
It was attributed to me by Pantagruel.
Mindfulness is a new age idea grasped by sheep and apparently embraced by Pantagruel. — ArielAssante
A thousand apologies. — Ranjeet
realising the necessity of the ‘ego’ whilst not placing it on a pedestal. — I like sushi
I am asking the question of what it means to find the "true" self. It is a fairly complex question because it involves the social and existential sense of selfhood? How important is the idea of a 'true' self? To what extent is the self bound up with relationships with others, or as being, alone, in relation to the wider cosmos, and making sense of this? — Jack Cummins
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