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  %KINDS OF FRAGMENTED REFLEXIVE SELF CONSCIOUSNESS 880610

At  the  most  elementary  level  people  experience
different kinds of self consciousness;  depending upon the
character of the relationship between the self which makes
self appraisal and the self which is appraised.

The  self which is conscious is conscious of a  self
which  is not identical with the self which is  conscious.
The  self  which is known is not identical with  the  self
which knows.

In self consciousness there is an image of the  kind
of   separation   between  known  and  knower   which   is
experienced  in  relationships between  different  people.
Jack  and  Jill  know each other as  separated  from  each
other.  Jack and Jill know themselves in somewhat the same
way  in  which they know each other.   There is  Jack  the
knower  and Jack the known;  Jill the knower and Jill  the
known.

Different  kinds  of self consciousness differ  from
each  other  in  the kinds of  relationships  between  the
knower  and the known;  just as different kinds of  inter-
personal relationships differ from each other in the kinds
of  ways  in  which the persons involved  relate  to  each
other.

Interpersonal relationships may be characterized  by
mutual acceptance and intimate dialogue, by judgmentalism,
by tolerance,  amusement, charity, rejection,  acceptance,
etc. in differing manners.  So also may self consciousness
differ   from   person  to  person;   according   to   the
nature of the relationship  between the known self and the
knower self.

Personal integrity has to do with self consciousness
which  is integrated.   People who lack personal integrity
are  characterized by fragmented self consciousness  which
is associated with low self esteem,  self rejection,  self
judgmentalism,   weak self-dialogue,  low self  tolerance,
dis-satisfaction with self, etc.   Personal disintegration
has  to  do with the breakdown of internal  communications
among  the  various  component  of the  whole  self  of  a
person's self conscious internal relationships.

People  differ from each other in their  conceptions
of  what  are  appropriate kinds  of  self  consciousness.
Interpersonal relationships are characterized by different
kinds  of  judgments  about each other's  kinds  of  self-
consciousness.  Jack may be either accepting or judgmental
about Jill's way of regarding her own self.   Jill may  be
thrilled or displeased with how Jack accepts or judges her
way  of regarding her self.   Interpersonal  relationships
are  essentially reflexive in  character.    Interpersonal
relationships are not primarily objective in character.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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