War, Obedience, and Schooling

[Psyche]

Where are you going, what is your goal?

Personhood.

Throughout my life I have had very strong tendencies towards depression and grandiosity stemming from a fundamental inability to be truly authentic. And I know that this stems from unprocessed trauma in my history. I project onto the world a false image of myself and have it mirrored back to me like a security blanket. But it never works as a strategy for freeing myself because it is just not honest. The honest approach is obviously to admit to myself I need therapy. I have tried before but have yet to find the right fit. And the other honest approach is I have to learn not to be hard on the parts of myself that are false. They are there for a reason and serve their purposes. When I dissociate myself from them. I'm turning myself into a contradiction. I am my thoughts and feelings, whether they accord with what I would like them to be or not. But really it all stems from a need to withdraw projection from the world, not get worked up about things I cannot control or should even be interested in controlling, and be able to relate to other human beings fully, without casting them into roles to keep them at arms length.

I have to admit to myself that a) I have the same rights as everyone else and b) I'm not special. But I do have a birthright to be happy and real. I strive to claim it.

I have no idea if any of that made sense, but it is just what came to me when I saw that question.

 

[Enmos]

I don't think humans can be comfortable (at least not for long) with that kind of determinism and ignorance of their situation.

Well, until you die of course.

 

[wynn]

Well, until you die of course.

And you think that when I die, I will think that "humans can be comfortable with that kind of determinism and ignorance of their situation"?

 

[wynn]

Personhood.

Throughout my life I have had very strong tendencies towards depression and grandiosity stemming from a fundamental inability to be truly authentic. And I know that this stems from unprocessed trauma in my history. I project onto the world a false image of myself and have it mirrored back to me like a security blanket. But it never works as a strategy for freeing myself because it is just not honest. The honest approach is obviously to admit to myself I need therapy. I have tried before but have yet to find the right fit. And the other honest approach is I have to learn not to be hard on the parts of myself that are false. They are there for a reason and serve their purposes. When I dissociate myself from them. I'm turning myself into a contradiction. I am my thoughts and feelings, whether they accord with what I would like them to be or not. But really it all stems from a need to withdraw projection from the world, not get worked up about things I cannot control or should even be interested in controlling, and be able to relate to other human beings fully, without casting them into roles to keep them at arms length.

I have to admit to myself that a) I have the same rights as everyone else and b) I'm not special. But I do have a birthright to be happy and real. I strive to claim it.

I have no idea if any of that made sense, but it is just what came to me when I saw that question.

Sure, I can relate to what you're saying. Although we probably think differently about the presented problems and the solutions to them.

Are there any particular teachers or other people you find impressive, inspiring?
(Aside from John Taylor Gatto)

Are you familiar with Cheri Huber's work?

 

[Psyche]

Sure, I can relate to what you're saying. Although we probably think differently about the presented problems and the solutions to them.

That's natural of course. We all have to figure out our own way out of the prisons we find ourselves in.

Are there any particular teachers or other people you find impressive, inspiring?
(Aside from John Taylor Gatto)

There have been a bunch a long the way (Terence Mckenna, Alan Watts, Alice Miller, Carl Jung etc...), but Stefan Molyneux is by far the most influential and enduring of them.

We Are Not Born Small
Hey Obama! Forcing Children to Go to School is a Confession of Epic Failure
True News - The Wall Street Protests
The Future of Your Freedom

Are you familiar with Cheri Huber's work?

Nope. But I will definitely check it out though!

 

[wellwisher]

In the ideal world, the purpose of education should be teach children critical thinking so they can question things and come to their own conclusions. This is useful for the progression of culture. It also creates individuals and not cattle. However, this is easier said than done. The easier alternative is have them memorize acceptable knowledge, until they can blindly defend that which they cannot critique.