Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!lkk From: lkk@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Jeff S. and the Illusion of Self-Actualization Message-ID: <1168@teddy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 13:58:53 EDT Article-I.D.: teddy.1168 Posted: Tue Aug 20 13:58:53 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 06:32:52 EDT References: <1528@utah-gr.UUCP> <1375@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 28 >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 likedon'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 (USENET) ...decvax!genrad!teddy!lkk (INTERNET) lkk@mit-mc.arpa