"Identification of self."
I went through a great deal of experiences concerning this idea of defining 'who' you truly are...
My conclusion: definition is truly impossible, for, what attributes are you defining yourself by? Then define those attributes with more attributes, &c, until you are essentially describing yourself by the spokes of a wheel.
"The rose does not try to be beautiful, it simply is beautiful."
This is where I always run into a wall - because, on one hand I have chosen to define myself by what I aspire to, by what I am becoming (rather than what I have done and been); yet, on the other hand is a realization that ye beholdeth a universe in the eye of beauty.
Often times I can end up hammering these concepts into a pulp and I always seem to remind myself during the process that this sort of 'philosophical tail chasing' is a distraction from life just as draining as TV.
Even expressing oneself is an attempted form of identity - so, really, we are all on the merry go round together... Neither side has less or more identity, just, one side likes horses and the other; sea-horses.
@michael: True - it really is what you choose to concern yourself with, for some people that is a purpose, and others that is taking out the garbage.
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