(June 2, 2010 at 6:29 am)Saerules Wrote:KichigaiNeko Wrote:Seriously though...just what is 'Self' ?? And just why do we as a species have this driving need to label everything??
Because otherwise nothing has any meaning at all? :S
It isn't a species centric thing... it is a thing that anything with a memory and an ability to perceive engages in.
The more I think about it ...the more I'm convinced I'm from another galaxy altogether...
Labelling = stereotyping
which then leads into this whole psycotic mess of the mind which leads into archetyping (sterotyping)
eg
'Geek' = someone who is intensely invloved with computers (generally speaking)
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5