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     %PEOPLE OBJECTIVE REALITY INVENT MYTH PERCEIVE 911203

     We  as  people are not objective realities.    It  is
futile  to  try  to discover what we  really  are  through
objective  research and analysis according to the myths of
objective  scientists.   What we perceive ourselves to  be
depends  upon  the  myths  with  which  we  seek  to  know
ourselves  and  each other.   We invent who we are  as  we
consider  who we want to be,  who we think that we  should
be, and who we think each other should be.

     We  have bodies which are much like objects which  we
seek   to  know  objectively  through  manipulations   and
measurements.  Yet it is futile to try to discover what we
really  are through the myths of objective scientists  who
do  not honestly reflect upon themselves and their  inter-
personal  relationships as reflexive realities.   What  we
discover  when  we seek to know our  true  nature  depends
greatly  upon  the convictions with which we seek to  know
our  selves and each other.   We invent ourselves  in  the
process of seeking to know ourselves and each other.   Who
we are depends upon what myths we choose to believe  about
who we are.

     In earlier times people perceived themselves in terms
of myths in which heaven, hell, gods, angles, devils,  and
miraculous  physical  events played major  roles.    Fewer
people  today perceive themselves and each other in  terms
of  such  myths;  and many people are embarrassed by  such
myths, and are ambiguous in regards to how to perceive and
invent themselves.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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