I often think about what my purpose is on the world...
Was everyone born with certain things they excel at and other things they fall behind in?
In part 2 of Banch's lecture he brings up a new idea that "existence precedes essence" First off lets take a minute to define the two, in class we defined our existence as the live we lived, playing a significant role in life, ultimately all things physical in the universe, just the privilege of being ALIVE! Essence seemed to be thought of as more of a spiritual or emotional plane, the idea that your essence is your spirit, the overall vibe you give off to the people you surround your self with.
I found it fascinating how Banch broke down how he felt our sense of self was developed "we exist and then we create our nature, our essence, who we are. Nobody had as idea about who we are or what we're supposed to be like before we were created." In other words we are born into our bodies, then it is up to us to decide what we do with that. The only person that will ever truly know you is you, we are responsible for creating ourselves. Every human on this earth is an individual, we are all different and you will never truly know someone as well as you know your self. People always use the expression "great minds think alike" but they never say "great minds think the same".
We set ourselves up for what we want to believe, but ultimately we can do anything we want with our lives, which if you think about it is a very scary thought. Someone can make a decision within seconds that could change there life forever, good or bad. Most of us have a hard time with the concept of accepting responsibility, we are constantly coming up with excuses for our actions. Can the mind really take over the body? We have no way of knowing what's to come in life we can only anticipate it.
Why are we never able to see ourselves the way other do? "we feel a tension looking in the mirror wondering how the person in the glass can be ME of I am standing out here looking at it; so the self feels a tension between identifying itself with mind's eye behind the screen" Over time we can develope internal beauty but its not up to us to design out physical apperance.
These are just a few of my thoughts.....
Im sure there will be more, lots more to come! :)
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I like how you explained the themes in this page of Banach's writing. You went into detail and provided quotes just in case I didn't know what you meant.
ReplyDeleteYou feel Banach stated, we determine who we become with the cards we're dealt. We are put in the world by no fault of our own, but as we grow and mature we can mold ourselves into who we want to become.
The example about the mirror reminds me of a book named, "The Skin I'm In". In the book the main character has an ideal vision of herself. She compares how she wished to look and be, with who she was. I think the book and your blog prove that it's important to love and get to kn ow yourself from the inside first. Once you know who you are it is easier to accept that and begin change aspects of yourself, if necessary.
I wanted to know:
-What are your answers to the questions you posed?
-Just how and why do you agree with the quotes you pulled from the writing?
The post made me think about how I could make my own writing better. I saw how personal yet informative your post was, and I think it has a good blend of both. The post relates to our course because you basically gave ma an overview of what we did in class. Your ideas compared to what we learn in lass, are what is going to make what we learn clearer and help us become better at analyzing.
you did a good job
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