Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Do you KNOW who YOU are ?

Do you know who you really are ?
Let me put it in a different way.Imagine a stranger strolls to you.He then asks bluntly "What type of person are you?" .Assuming you don't take your moms advise and do talk to strangers!!People will go on "I am jovial,talkative or negative,introvert......" and the list goes on.


The answer is only partially true.I can see a few eyebrows raising already.


The letter I is often misunderstood as the actual you.You get up in the morning , get ready for college or office.Your moms makes you breakfast (the lucky ones) and she might give you a list of Do's and Dont's(the unlucky ones).During this time you are actually playing a daughter or a son.You get to work and then start chatting with your colleagues.Notice that the identity of I changing in you.When I mention identity it includes the thought process and the mental picture about yourself.
Works done , its time to catch up with some friends.You meet your friends and bingo there goes your change of identity.Again you go meet boyfriends or girlfriends(not sure whether to term it lucky or unlucky).A girl talks differently when she talks to a guy (glad am the one writing ) and completley different when she talks to girl .There is a shift in the mental picture or the I every time.The I associates itself with the environment around.The I is never constant.
We come across people everyday.When we ask the folks at home .They would say "My boy is so silent ".The boy's friends might have a totall disagreement and say don't let this guy start or he wont stop talking. Now is this boy acting differently ?You bet he is . The thing is he is acting but not consciously.The I in the boy changes his perception about himself .At home ,for some reason,the boy has an image of himself being silent .

People who know this can distance themself from this roleplay are mentally very efficient.


Lets start ,just to be aware of the I and its forms.