Being ourselves - let us not reflect!

Now we have started asking why we are losing the need for goods, we can move to working with owning ideas, creativity and creation itself. It has always been a non-sequiteur to me, how creation can be claimed to be created. We are not so desperate for credibility as to claim creation itself. We need it not, especially since the mere claiming of it removes us/sets us back along the track. Let us envisage – realize – a world where we celebrate creation, creativity and our true selves. And this is the essence of it all: when we enjoy ourselves as we are, thinking of no reason to be other than being, we will be our selves.

We need no reason. Why would we? It is worth a look at the world through the spectacles of 'Who is looking for what?' . The really great and fulfilled people are all being themselves, full of enjoyment, happiness and exciting inner peace – however fantastical;ly creative and inspirational inner peace is to each of us. So, where do we go with being so at one with ourselves that we just enjoy the creating and being? Knowing that we need not recognition and enjoy the fantastic beauty of feeling great as ourselves? Well, we have a place and a few words to help us. Needing external reassurance is part of a condition known as 'reflective living'. It is also known 'brittle self-esteem' and it drives such actions as self-harm, insecurity and high-risk activities, stress, personal panic, including the great antisocial issues of substance abuse and excessive defensiveness (often called gang-violence, knife & gun carrying, community & family disrupting and generally being in conflict with life, including refusing education, work and authority). Yet this still gets us no where useful, unless we see that a cultural learning environment which supports firstly each individual's esteem and then personal image is a way forward. We have many examples of success here – ironically all based on success! One's esteem and image does become sound, internally consistent and non-controlled by the external world, without doing anything, being anything - merely experiencing successes... which are, very importantly, built into all such learning programs. Surprise, surprise... Here we need only move to the great charitable and inspirational educational groups for sources and instant action, for this is what they do - and they have been doing it for years. Many family-focused charities also help, as do the 'development training', esteem-focused educational institutions. So, a better place for humanity lies in not only reducing the race for material wealth, but also in reducing the race for 'external recognition'. Surely knowing one is living a self-rewarding life, being fulfilled, happy and not chasing what others think is enough ? Happiness and fulfillment really are closer than most think - and much simpler to grasp. Interested? I'll tell you much more...lifecollege.org