When thinking about the nature of ones self, many things come to mind and need to be taken into consideration as our personalities are branched from so many different things. .
And how we view life is affected by many reflections of who you "are and what you want to become. And our lives and how we live it is determined by "mirrors" we choose to obtain the reflection from. Hypothetically speaking, if you look at the world through pink glasses you will view the world and all things in it as pink and so, though these glasses you will believe that we have and are living in a pink world! .
Self is the reflection of various "mirrors of life" which changes constantly as we grow. I believe there are three main mirrors of life which govern the way we perceive life from these different angles. It can be considered the determining factor of our personalities and how we come to who we are today, next year and five years ago. Our personalities are all unique, and what we believe in, the different choices we make, our style, or taste or joys and depressions are all molded by these three mirrors of life: the "spiritual mirror", the "mirror of self-perception and emotions" and the "social mirror".
The spiritual dimension is what draws upon the sources that inspire and uplift us and tie us into the timeless truths or what we believe to be truths of all humanity. It molds us in the sense that it is what we identify ourselves with. It is very private. This aspect of the nature of self is affected primarily by ones upbringing and family life and is further affected by experiences and visions along ones life span is it positive or negative. The Religious mirror allows us to make judgment about what is right or wrong. How you dress is such an example. Take for instance the reflection of a Muslim looking through a religious mirror as it relates to dress, this would be clothing oneself fully allowing only the eyes to be seen.
I believe the self is known always by the heart, hidden like a treasure in our souls, and if one searches hard and deep enough that this light of knowledge of oneself from the heart can be achieved but only up to the maximum understanding. ... So you act according to what you think you are, without really being able to express this nature of self in words. ...
The narrator uses his masterful transcendentalist prose to describe the two years he spent living in the woods, becoming one with nature. ... The narrator tells us time is short, to slow down and cherish life, to become one with nature. ... The narrator's affinity for the morning hours not only reflects his love of life, but also of being awake within oneself, and thus in tune with nature. ... "Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with nature herself"(931). ... By braving the elements for two years in order to live a...
In this paper I hope to discuss the nature of anger. 2We will look closer at anger as a vice and as a possible virtue. ... It is without a doubt that anger can bring pain to oneself and to others. ... (Seneca, 107)" Some people have a different idea of its nature. ... Thomas Hobbes maybe put it best in his description of the "State of Nature". ...
(Jacobus, 328) In this part of Freud's book the "specimen dream", one of his own endeavors to explain the nature of a dream, he rationalizes his frustrations in his inability to cure Irma. ... This breakthrough is a pure example of how an individual strives to understand meaning and interpretation of oneself and in this can help others with issues, thus contributing to the whole of society, a main goal of both Freud and Plato. ...
"The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite cross fire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power. ... Her struggles and achievements gave others hope and also gave blacks and women triumph, because ultimately people yearn to be like Maya, to be able to over come such obstacles and to learn to accept oneself and embrace all aspects of your being. ...
Freud contested that nature of one's sexuality is absent of any gender related characteristics. His contention was that all humans were initially born with a bisexual nature and the manifestation of one's sexuality is an evolutionary course of one's upbringing and interaction within their surrounding environment. ... Indeed, it is so easy to convince oneself of the regular sexual activities of children that one cannot help asking in astonishment how the human race can have succeeded in overlooking the facts and in maintaining for so long the wishful legend of the asexuality o...
Freud contested that nature of one's sexuality is absent of any gender related characteristics. His contention was that all humans were initially born with a bisexual nature and the manifestation of one's sexuality is an evolutionary course of one's upbringing and interaction within their surrounding environment. ... Indeed, it is so easy to convince oneself of the regular sexual activities of children that one cannot help asking in astonishment how the human race can have succeeded in overlooking the facts and in maintaining for so long the wishful legend of the asexuality o...
Freud contested that nature of one's sexuality is absent of any gender related characteristics. His contention was that all humans were initially born with a bisexual nature and the manifestation of one's sexuality is an evolutionary course of one's upbringing and interaction within their surrounding environment. ... Indeed, it is so easy to convince oneself of the regular sexual activities of children that one cannot help asking in astonishment how the human race can have succeeded in overlooking the facts and in maintaining for so long the wishful legend of the asexuality o...
The interior of oneself can be explored by self-reliance in the solitude of nature. Being alone helps the mind to be cleansed. nature assists the process of connecting to the senses during everyday life. ... The author shows and proves thatbeing in nature refreshes his mind and renews his view on Walden Pond demonstrating nature helping shape his life in teh woods to become better. " The indescribable innocence and beneficence of nature- of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter- such health, such cheer, they afford forever! ... Thoreau uses personification in thsi quote to prove that nat...
