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[puristlove]

phoebek has posted a poll, which I'd like to invite all of you to take part in. It's a survey of self-hood, and our ideas about self, and is part of what I believe to be a large research project. Click HereHer poll got me thinking though, about the nature of self, and I realized, it doesn't really matter whether we think of self as a being, a phenomenon

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[theta_waves]

I like your brain

=)

Peacefully is tough

[robertsloan2]

Much more work but far more rewarding -- and not invading others' boundaries is a way to build trust and be socially successful without compromising the true self.

I filled it out and realized that I put on the edges of the outer border the simple heraldry of what's within the inner core. I respect boundaries. A slippery Unitarian nonanswer to any questions of soul or self or dogma -- but I have a right to be the center of my perceptual universe and recognize you at the center of yours and look for win win situations in all social contact.

People who put the social self at the center *hurt* because it will not agree on anything and they are always wrong. No matter who you are, someone hates you for existing. No loss to just be who you really are and let them take it or leave it. :)