Should our environment influence us?

[Playlife]

This is another topic from the 100% Responsibility series.

In short: should the environment we are placed in influence us? Should we feel ourselves equally well in a spa and a garbage dump?

More broadly, should we be influenced by anything?

[Daffy Duck]

Our environment does influence us, right down to our very cells. There's no way to escape this, so to ask "should" is kind of a moot point, in my opinion.

I think it's okay to be influenced by things. Better if it is good things...

[Angela]

Just to be clear, assuming a perspective of 100% responsibility does not mean you are not influenced or impacted by external circumstance. It does mean recognizing that you are responsible (not "to blame") for the life you are creating for yourself.

100% responsibility means looking boldly at who you are being that the world occurs for you the way it does, and taking your next right action. You can do that in a spa, and you can do that in a garbage dump.

It is possible that I could be living a life I love and find myself in a garbage dump, and it's possible that I could be hating my life in a spa. It's my way of being that makes the difference.

[coLLege kid07]

Originally Posted by Playlife

This is another topic from the 100% Responsibility series.

In short: should the environment we are placed in influence us? Should we feel ourselves equally well in a spa and a garbage?

More broadly, should we be influenced by anything?

Animals as living creatures adapt to the environment and thrive in good conditions. It is just how the world is. Theres no denying it as a human because remember your body is the conscious conduct through which consciousness flows. You can't necessarly overcome the limitations of a human, or atleast things like eating, sleeping, and procreation. Hope that made sence =/.

[Alexjstrandberg]

yes and no. When we are all enlightened we can feel bliss living in a cave. But right now most of us aren't so environment and people we surround ourselves with will affect us a good bit. Different places can put you into a positive state or a negative one. People we surround ourselves with can either be supportive or destructive.

For the response-ability part, even if we our currently living in a not to so nice or positive area we need to take response-ability for choosing it and be response-able for trying to get away from it.

[The Cloud]

You become a completely different person every moment, so the person you are in a spa will be different from the person you are in a garbage dump. "You" and your "environment" are really the same thing in disguise. So of course you have to be yourself in both instances, for how can you not be yourself if you are everything?

The idea that objects exist as objects is patently false if everything is interdependent with the environment to be what it is. Even if my belt looks like the same belt now as it was an hour ago, it is completely different. For instance, it is in a completely different place relative to the sun. If somethings relative position to other things is a part of its identity, then it changes constantly. Instead of being of a world of static objects, it is more a world of dynamic actions. Everything performs the action of its existence, with that action changing constantly. You are not a noun, you are a verb. A dynamic action, not a static object. So whether you are in a dumpster or in a spa, you are you. That you just happens to be a different you depending on which you are in.

[Trezker]

Our environment should be a source of inspiration and motivation. Those two are always available, but we have to learn how to see them.