Resolving myself
In my last post I had written:
... remind 'real-world-me' of its inconsistencies with the 'inner-me'
Reading the post over again I was posed with the questions
What is the inner-me and what is the real-world-me? (The Question)
I really don't have a right answer! At best I can attempt to hypothesize on it.
Whatever I am, whether it is the real-world-me or inner-me, both are products of my environment and my upbringing; so this differentiation of real-world-me and inner-me are artificial. The nearest I can come to differentiating between the 2 is in terms of the core principles that one believes in. I believe that everyone has a set of principles (core-principles) by which one is tries to live; the inner-me wants to live by those principles, whereas the real-world-me compromises when it becomes inevitable in the real world. Whenever, there is a deviation from the said principles, the inner-me suffers an agony untold, whereas the real-world-me cooks up all possible justifications for the deviations.
Some points to keep in mind:
Core values can be different for different people
Core values by themselves cannot be termed as 'right' or 'wrong', because right and wrong are individual perceptions. But core values of a person would be considered by that person as 'right".
There is nothing absolute about core values either - they are again the result of the environment.
So it's all in one's mind. :-) -A Revelation?
