dbrodes
dbrodes t1_jb02nla wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
I find your definition of self a bit reductionist tbh. I also find your tone a bit patronising but we'll move past that.
Your take is somewhat solipsistic. You agree that we are slave to our perceptions and experiences but seem to think the self transcends this.
Just because you choose to identify with your thoughts doesn't make them anymore 'you'.
dbrodes t1_javkb7g wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
>If you do not have a self, then you are not reading this right now. Without a self, you do not exist as a person. You - do not exist. You are your 'self'. Without a 'self' you are a shell, a philosophical zombie, a mindless thing that has no thoughts, no feeling, no anything.
Why do think someone disconnected from their true self would have no thoughts or feeling?
How do you know your thoughts and feelings are authentically yours? Just because you experience something doesn't make your 'self' necessarily something tangible and independent from perception.
dbrodes t1_javieex wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
How can you say your 'self' is real when you, yourself, concede your view of the world is influenced by perception, habits and socialisation. I'm just curious why you think the self is independent from being skewed by such perceptions?
dbrodes t1_javgvnk wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
Just because reality is coloured by your perceptions doesn't make your perceptions any more 'real' though.
dbrodes t1_jatebqz wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
>The self is all we ever have. It is the only thing that can be depended upon to be real
I've never understood this logic
dbrodes t1_jb0sq7o wrote
Reply to comment by Petal_Chatoyance in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
It's evident how your solipsistic view of things and your hubris feed each other.