Ever wondered how your identity is evolved during your life and how much influence you had in it so far?
This is a question I have asked to myself in my mid-thirties and it was quite shocking what came to the surface . Let’s start with the question Why did I feel the urge to ask this question to myself and why in my mid-thirties?
It was triggered through a force from inside that was telling me in a strange way that most of the elements that was used to build up my identity was enforced. The free will to challenge this can most likely only occur when we are in a mental grown situation (lets deep dive in the phenomenon free will in the next post together).
Most of the aspects in life are a given fact and you need to deal with it. In our younger years we are like sponges and absorb anything in our environment without challenging it (which is totally normal).
We did not choose :
- Our parents
- Our location of birth
- Our (Initial) religion
- Our citizenship
- Our gender
- Our name
- Our brothers and sisters
- Our skin colour
- Our ethnic background
- Etc.…………………
But they all contributed in building up the identity. So the most challenging in life is to really peel of all elements in your identity that was not chosen by you and what do you get?
What you get is the real you in your abstract naked form as you came to this earth.
(PS Not everybody is ready to confront his/her self with the naked abstract form)
I just joined steemit and want to end this post with my sincere intention to become a full member of the steemit family in my purest abstract naked form and hope you all will accept me and we can grow together…..
Sincerely yours SpiritualQuark
Good point. To what extent do we choose our identity and to what extent is it based on our environment. My free gift to you! https://www.facebook.com/cillieheretohelp/videos/1937573276564892/
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