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if you could back and meet your 5 year old self... what would you say? would you tell them who you are? would you give advice, assuming you wouldn't jeopardize the final product that is you? or would you let it be... would you simply observe, take their perspective into consideration and try to learn from a simpler, transparently benevolent state of mind? the word naive instantly puts forth the thought of an unintelligent point of view. but i think to have a mind set, that of a less-experienced self, may in fact help a more exposed psyche. the world is so full, in the sense that, we learn so much by the time we are old enough to deem ourselves intelligent, that we forget to think of things more simply. we base everything off of mass, habitual tendencies: the way we are used to thinking instead of what is right, or what is logical, or makes makes sense based off of fact and not emotion or instinct of habit. at the age, although me may feel it effortless to imagine a sense of self, we dont do so. we feel less self conscious but never think of ourselves from anothers perspective, not to say we are selfish but we are reactive in a much more intelligent way than our minds slowly evolve to be.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 12:51 AM UTC
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if you could back and meet your 5 year old self... what would you say? would you tell them who you are? would you give advice, assuming you wouldn't jeopardize the final product that is you? or would you let it be... would you simply observe, take their perspective into consideration and try to learn from a simpler, transparently benevolent state of mind? the word naive instantly puts forth the thought of an unintelligent point of view. but i think to have a mind set, that of a less-experienced self, may in fact help a more exposed psyche. the world is so full, in the sense that, we learn so much by the time we are old enough to deem ourselves intelligent, that we forget to think of things more simply. we base everything off of mass, habitual tendencies: the way we are used to thinking instead of what is right, or what is logical, or makes makes sense based off of fact and not emotion or instinct of habit. at the age, although me may feel it effortless to imagine a sense of self, we dont do so. we feel less self conscious but never think of ourselves from anothers perspective, not to say we are selfish but we are reactive in a much more intelligent way than our minds slowly evolve to be.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 12:51 AM UTC
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