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Monday, May 16, 2011

who are we but what we be

heyo who's that fella over there? he's being ridiculous - that fella is ridiculous. he's being a champ - that fella is a champ. he's being kinda nerdy - that fella is kind of a nerd.

people can only know each other by what they see and observe. we can't determine who a person is by anything other than how they seem to be. the problem here is that even in our conception of their self as being instantiated by their being, we are still only getting a subjective perspective based on our experiential observations.

so when we conceive of ourselves, we can come to a better understanding of the self because our subjectivity encompasses ourself more objectively than any other individual's subjective experience of us could grasp. we know how we are being and we have a basic understanding of why we are being that way. we realize what we are being from our own perspective and try to realize who we are in the broad spectrum. still, we can only understand ourselves through our own perspective. we can imagine how we seem to be to others but we can never know. and really we can never know who we are in the totality of being because we can't grasp the entire causal network that being consists of.

we are nothing but what we be..but we just can't have a complete conception of what we are being. its good to try to grasp other perspectives, but all perspectives are subjective. we want to be happy and we should want to be good. we should strive to let our being be the best it can so that who we are is the best person possible.

we are being. and our selves are defined by what we be. but whose definition really matters? we want to be happy with who we are and we want to be happy with what we do. we should be who we want to be. and happiness will stem from that.

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