Our educational system, our society, our upbringings, even our day to day existence as members of the human race are focused on objectivity and geared toward objectivity.
Knowing more and more about "what's out there in the world", expanding our horizons, learning, traveling, exploring, meeting new people, etc.
Even subjectivity is approached from a objective angle. People go to a therapist, who is assumed to know objective things about the way people think, behave, feel and operate, and can thus help them.
They occasionally read self-help books.. which, if they were really self-help, would not be coming in from others. That's still help from others, not self-help. There is no such thing as self-help, nor any actual need for self-help.
It seems here that people do not know who they really are, and I'd even dare say most do not even have a clue what actual subjectivity is.
The 'subject', self, me... it's supposed to be your body, walking around in the world, right? So why is that so similar to a car, driving around on the street -- an *object*?
The self, me... a body/mind in the world. A perceivable thing. Treat me right. Feed me. Give my all of your attention.
--> So if I'm walking around in the world, fed, attended to, given money, etc. an *object existing in the universe* -- who/what is the *subject*, self, perceiver?
We'll look at this further in another message.
Knowing more and more about "what's out there in the world", expanding our horizons, learning, traveling, exploring, meeting new people, etc.
Even subjectivity is approached from a objective angle. People go to a therapist, who is assumed to know objective things about the way people think, behave, feel and operate, and can thus help them.
They occasionally read self-help books.. which, if they were really self-help, would not be coming in from others. That's still help from others, not self-help. There is no such thing as self-help, nor any actual need for self-help.
It seems here that people do not know who they really are, and I'd even dare say most do not even have a clue what actual subjectivity is.
The 'subject', self, me... it's supposed to be your body, walking around in the world, right? So why is that so similar to a car, driving around on the street -- an *object*?
The self, me... a body/mind in the world. A perceivable thing. Treat me right. Feed me. Give my all of your attention.
--> So if I'm walking around in the world, fed, attended to, given money, etc. an *object existing in the universe* -- who/what is the *subject*, self, perceiver?
We'll look at this further in another message.