Note -- this one is a deeper exploration... read at ur own risk.
The psyche (or self) 'sees' pairs of opposites in isolation, rather than in relation, because it sees itself in isolation.
It is a 'self' -- "it" "self" - a knot, a stuckness, an identity.
It is single-sided; an attempt to take (and hold) a side.
This attempt binds it to the side it does not want.
To search for meaning in life is to live in meaninglessness. To search for wealth is to live in poverty. To search for surety is to live in doubt. To search for pleasure is to live in pain. To search for love is to live in lovelessness. To search for truth is to live in falsehood.
The self seeks to change, grow and improve, and that keeps it right where it is.
It is the 'me' -- the "incoming" direction. See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me. Listen to me. Look at me when I'm talking to you. Trust me. Grant me serenity. Pay me. Obey me.
The self, psyche, 'me' is looked at by the eyes of others, but does not see them.
It sees what they are looking at -- an other -- and believes it is seeing them.
It is spoken to by others, but does not hear them. It hears what they are speaking to -- an other -- and believes it is hearing them.
It seeks love, attention and acceptance from others, but does not receive them. It receives more of its own nature instead. Emptiness, meaninglessness, hopelessness, uselessness, pointlessness, etc.
And never understands that this is its nature because it does not exist.
The incoming direction ('me', self) is other. It isn't there.
The outgoing direction ('you', other) is self. It is.
(more to come)...
The psyche (or self) 'sees' pairs of opposites in isolation, rather than in relation, because it sees itself in isolation.
It is a 'self' -- "it" "self" - a knot, a stuckness, an identity.
It is single-sided; an attempt to take (and hold) a side.
This attempt binds it to the side it does not want.
To search for meaning in life is to live in meaninglessness. To search for wealth is to live in poverty. To search for surety is to live in doubt. To search for pleasure is to live in pain. To search for love is to live in lovelessness. To search for truth is to live in falsehood.
The self seeks to change, grow and improve, and that keeps it right where it is.
It is the 'me' -- the "incoming" direction. See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me. Listen to me. Look at me when I'm talking to you. Trust me. Grant me serenity. Pay me. Obey me.
The self, psyche, 'me' is looked at by the eyes of others, but does not see them.
It sees what they are looking at -- an other -- and believes it is seeing them.
It is spoken to by others, but does not hear them. It hears what they are speaking to -- an other -- and believes it is hearing them.
It seeks love, attention and acceptance from others, but does not receive them. It receives more of its own nature instead. Emptiness, meaninglessness, hopelessness, uselessness, pointlessness, etc.
And never understands that this is its nature because it does not exist.
The incoming direction ('me', self) is other. It isn't there.
The outgoing direction ('you', other) is self. It is.
(more to come)...