Archive for Personal Development

Thinking About Relationships

I have become interested by the roles of relationships towards my self and others…

SE: The role of a friendship is utilization.
EP: It would seem to me that a friendship involves the use of someone else for a purpose originating from one's self.

SE: The role of a partnership is collaboration.
EP: It would seem to me that a partnership mirrors a friendship though seemingly more for a mutually agreed purpose.

SE: The role of a companion is support.
EP: It would seem to me that a companion such as a lady friend provides mutual support at a time of emotional need.

SE: The role of an individual is business.
EP: It would seem to me that an individual has the chief role of getting down to business in producing and sharing values.

With this understanding let's now summarize two extremes and an ideal…

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

SE: A relationship should not be one of irrational selfishness.
EP: I would say that a person in need of something that you can't help with or no longer see a value in providing would come across sooner or later as a burden thus the apparent selfishness will likely drain respect.

"Loyalty is like rubber: one can stretch it so far
and then - it snaps."

SE: A relationship should not be one of irrational selflessness.
EP: I would say that a person who lacks assertiveness to stand up for their own beliefs and values will likely run the risk of becoming a recognized dogsbody causing a one-sided conditional and dishonest relationship.

"To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs
requires the highest human virtue: rationality."

SE: A relationship should thus be one of rational self-interest.
EP: Considering the extremes of living for one's self versus living for others I would conclude that a rational self-interest would equate to a continuous evaluation of how your actions benefit yourself and others in the ultimate pursuit of happiness ideally created through a string of win-win interactions with others where negligible time loses out to irrational impulses or concerns etc.

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Cleaning Up My Identity #3

There seems like an eternal conflict between being my self and being what I need to be in order to conform with what is normal otherwise i will inevitably fall further outside-the-box and alienated from my self and others. Thus some more distorted thoughts to cleanup…

SE: I'm a freethinker.
EP: I seem to have a disposition towards challenging perceived popular opinion and views thus rejecting dogmas that I disagree with even when faced with a can't-beat-em-join-em majority attitude.

SE: I'm a rationalizer.
EP: I seem to find an explanation for everything as a defense mechanism to remain trapped in a cycle of endless stagnation and pseudo-contentment with the status-quo.

SE: I'm a libertarian.
EP: I would seem to others to want to control my self so much so that I don't wish to "let go" of my perceived free will to have an impulsive moment.

SE: I'm not impulsive.
EP: I have found myself on occasion to repress my impulses and what I really want in a given situation out of fear that the apparent chaos of the subsequent impetuous moment will conflict with my personal ethics.

SE: I'm repressed.
EP: Freudian psychology asserts that repression has the attributes of blocking seemingly threatening thoughts from the conscious mind and relegating them to the unconscious. I would hold that by banishing scary impulsive thoughts to the unconscious I learn to make myself fearfully frustrated instead of honestly discussing and dealing with them head-on assuming full impetuous self-responsibility as an adult male.

SE: I'm suppressed by my ego.
EP: It would seem that I have shut the door to the outside world of suggestion and sensitively act within my own self-interests that appear to conveniently avoid working with society for conformity's sake.

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Cleaning Up My Identity #2

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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