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From: lkk@teddy.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Jeff S. and the Illusion of Self-Actualization
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 13:58:53 EDT
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Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney)
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>Ms. Sunny Kirsten:
>>	This is why I try NOT to have ANY self image.
>>	This is the Zen suppression of ego.


Is this a paradox or what?  There mere fact that you recognize
this trying not to have a self image means that you DO have one.
At the very least, you have the self-image of a person trying
not to have a self image.

Seems to me that one without a self image never thinks about who they
are, or how they relate to others.  A very boring (or obnoxious) person
indeed!


I think the key is actually NOT TO BE CONSTRAINED by one's self image.
DOn't say: I'm not going to do this because people like  don't
do that.

In short:  Self-image is unavoidable, but it should be a DESCRIPTION,
used for reflection, rather than a PRESCRIPTION, used for guidance.

-- 

Sport Death,
Larry Kolodney
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