‘‘..If we relate this to ideas of self it becomes difficult to establish distinction between what is ‘me’ and what is not. My experience of me is largely an inner experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations). My external appearance does not really reflect my inner experience…a mask that conceals my inner self. When I look at myself in the mirror, my external appearance seems to be me but when I consider my ‘inside’ the way I look seems more to do with the external world. Where is the boundary between me and the outside world? I am a physical and psychological being that I identify as myself…but my ability to define myself in absolute terms will always fail... ’’
Monday, 27 February 2012
WHO AM I?
‘‘..If we relate this to ideas of self it becomes difficult to establish distinction between what is ‘me’ and what is not. My experience of me is largely an inner experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations). My external appearance does not really reflect my inner experience…a mask that conceals my inner self. When I look at myself in the mirror, my external appearance seems to be me but when I consider my ‘inside’ the way I look seems more to do with the external world. Where is the boundary between me and the outside world? I am a physical and psychological being that I identify as myself…but my ability to define myself in absolute terms will always fail... ’’
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