The self
Human beings, like all living things, are designed to live in the world. Understanding and utilizing our uniquely human design is the basis of building a Strong Self. Characteristics of individuals with a strong sense of self include:
Direct contact with reality
Our senses and the perceptions they produce in the brain are measuring devices uniquely calibrated to attend to things in the world that are relevant to our survival or what might be called our “success at living.” To refuse to use or be incapable of using our senses to be in contact with the world means surviving at a very low level or not at all. To live well we must be committed to being in contact with reality.
An active mind
But passively sensing the world is not sufficient for living. An individual must actively engage the world with their mind. The process of active mental engagement is called “thinking.” A simple definition of thinking is the process of “making sense” of things. The results of many thinking individuals, reaching the same conclusion about their sensing a particular thing or set of things is called “common sense.”
Your mind is amazing
It can identify, label, categorize, store, and inventory many different things “directly experienced;” for example rocks, trees, chairs, or carrots to name
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Human beings, like all living things, are designed to live in the world. Understanding and utilizing our uniquely human design is the basis of building a Strong Self. Characteristics of individuals with a strong sense of self include:
Direct contact with reality
Our senses and the perceptions they produce in the brain are measuring devices uniquely calibrated to attend to things in the world that are relevant to our survival or what might be called our “success at living.” To refuse to use or be incapable of using our senses to be in contact with the world means surviving at a very low level or not at all. To live well we must be committed to being in contact with reality.
An active mind
But passively sensing the world is not sufficient for living. An individual must actively engage the world with their mind. The process of active mental engagement is called “thinking.” A simple definition of thinking is the process of “making sense” of things. The results of many thinking individuals, reaching the same conclusion about their sensing a particular thing or set of things is called “common sense.”
Your mind is amazing
It can identify, label, categorize, store, and inventory many different things “directly experienced;” for example rocks, trees, chairs, or carrots to name
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"I am, therefore I'll think."
Ayn Rand 1905-1982
Mindset
Mindset