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Cleaning Up My Identity #2

April 10, 2006 at 9:54 pm · Filed under Personal Development

It would seem to me that the proclamation of "I am what I am" provides a high level of abstraction in justifying one's self and sounds like the easiest line of thinking a person can default on which seems to insinuate a "victim mentality" towards associating fully with reality.

More ambiguous "I am" thought-statements to cleanup…

SE: I am unique.
EP: It would seem to me that I have a unique consciousness unlike anyone else in existence which in itself has value.

SE: I am special.
EP: Some people contact me every now and then for varying reasons which seems to suggest I have specialness in the hearts and minds of others.

SE: I am weird.
EP: Carl Jung held the opinion that "If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool." and would seem like the case with myself in relation to you at present.

SE: I am depressed.
EP: Last weekend I may have seemed low to you though I can assure you it was simply related to my personal affairs at that time which currently may become an issue again in the future until I sort things out.

SE: I am resourceful.
EP: It would seem to me that I become active in areas of interest and turned-off by something that I perceive as fruitless.

SE: I am alienated.
EP: It would seem to me that I grew up as a social outcast due to my orientation towards introversion and am habitually used to my detached view on reality.

SE: I am a leader.
EP: I resemble a leader at times in the way that I can do unexpected independent acts that arouse interest in others whom seem like they will want to know my secrets when I have achieved my various personal missions.

SE: I am analytical.
EP: I resemble an analyst in many situations in which I can have a talent for noticing connections between phenomena in the world and giving my unique insight on my discovery.

SE: I am gentle.
EP: In my opinion I wouldn't hurt a fly.

SE: I am ascetic.
EP: I seem to live a life of self-discipline at the moment renouncing most if not all need for superfluous material comforts excluding of course what I already own.

SE: I am philosophical.
EP: I seem to enjoy spending a portion of my time contemplating over deep and profound questions concerning the nature of life and reality which seems to coincide with my general appearance of calmness and restraint.

SE: I am cool.
EP: It would seem to me that I look cold and emotionless which seems to correlate with a poor ability to express my feelings facially though comparatively better through actions.

I have sincerly enjoyed exercising my neurolinguistic ability and now I must retire for the evening because my brain appears to "hurt". I could take all my EP responses and collate them into a personal profile with the kind of clarity I have not shown before which seems like a good idea for an experiment. This seems like the start of another idea for say a how-to guide on writing a killer profile for dating sites, we shall see…

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Random Cleanups #2

April 10, 2006 at 4:21 pm · Filed under Random Thoughts

I assume that E-Prime rules open the door to more thoughts in the sense of et cetera where there should always seem like more critical thoughts to integrate until we perhaps get to the nitty-gritty conclusion about something and call it a day shortly after our brain "hurts" like a muscle stretched.

Saying "NO!" to absoluteness coaching myself to integrate harder, deeper with more crystal clarity…

SE: Time is life.
EP: Every moment spent unwisely would seem to me like a waste of life itself.

SE: Life is hard.
EP: It seems to me that life appears more difficult when we seek to avoid or cover up our problems though things can appear to get easier when we seek to face and solve our problems head-on.

SE: Life is much sweeter with you.
EP: Life seems a lot more sweeter in your company.

SE: Love is the cure.
EP: It would seem to me that the love we share for one another provides a new level of happiness I didn't know existed before.

SE: Introverts are shy and anti-social.
EP: Introverts can appear reticent and like they have little or no need to interact with others.

SE: Extroverts are outgoing and social.
EP: Extroverts can appear to spend more time outdoors and seem to have more need for the company of others.

SE: The future is a series of nows.
EP: Seize every moment and the future will seem to happen now not later.

SE: A lack of money is the root of all evil.
EP: I would imagine that a lack of money poses like a demon in the back of my mind which seems to periodically create all sorts of perceived issues in relation to myself with others whom have a different relationship with money and life.

SE: PAYE (or pay-as-you-earn) is a mug's game.
EP: Working for someone else illustrates a way of making money without having to concern yourself directly with the tax man and does not reflect on how much you may enjoy the job or not.

SE: Clubbing is a frivolous activity.
EP: I believe that clubbing currently represents an expensive and fruitless activity which I feel growing contempt for.

SE: Instant Messaging services are fun.
EP: I have observed that IM services seem like fun at first though to me now it would have to approximate to the exchange of genuine values in textual form with negligible frivolous chit-chat.

SE: Success is a journey, not a destination.
EP: I believe that the notion of my personal "success" will evolve throughout the course of my life where any comparisons made towards another's "success" would only serve to illustrate possibilities.

SE: Sex is uncivilized.
EP: I would imagine sex as habitually practiced in relation to Hedonism (self-indulgence) and habitually unpracticed in relation to Asceticism (self-denial) which would seem to me like contrary philosophies in the pursuit of "real" happiness and enlightenment.

SE: The pen is mightier then the sword.
EP: Brute force does not seem like the best course of action to me in relation to my strengths.

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Rational Small Talk

April 10, 2006 at 2:10 am · Filed under Conversation

According to Keirsey I would appear to resemble the Rational temperament which seems to correspond with my dislike or discomfort with small talk. I have decided to throw down some questions for conversing with more clarity of thought…

SE: What is your name?
EP: What name do you go by?; What do they call you?; What name did your parents give you?; What may I call you?; What name do you have?; What name do you claim?; et cetera;

Comment: From my point of view your name can reflect your identity as a forced-upon association that you became used to or with EP questioning we may give a name which seems more associated with reality like the way some of us prefer to use nicknames rather then what their birth certificate states.

SE: How are you?
EP: How goes it?; How has life treated you lately?; How do you feel today?; How does life seem since we last met?; et cetera;

Comment: It would look to me as though the EP questions appear to more accurately probe for a correct emotional response with more relation to life itself.

SE: What is your occupation?
EP: What do you do?; What do you do for a living?; What occupies your time?; What profession do you claim?; What do you specialise in?; et cetera;

Comment: The EP questions would indicate to me that they have more tact in finding out a person's value rather then simply jumping to conclusions based on what their current job may imply.

SE: Who are you?
EP: Who or whom do you feel like?; Who or whom do you take after?; Who or whom do you conform with?; Who or whom do you act like?; et cetera;

Comment: The EP questions seem to probe specifically for information that may begin to justify a reason behind the nature of the person in-question.

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