Comments on: The Hierarchy of Identity http://godheval.net/the-hierarchy-of-identity/ Writer, Philosopher, Dreamer, Idealist Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: phantomThought http://godheval.net/the-hierarchy-of-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-651 phantomThought Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:12 +0000 http://godheval.net/wordpress/?p=68#comment-651 I really like this post. It really captures that sense of "floating in a place beyond all rules and restrictions". So many people live their lives inside cages within cages of social taboos, family expectations, personal ignorance, etc. They really can't see that the only reason they are "supposed to/should do something" is because someone, who a large number of people give authority to, says so. People hold these concepts of love, nature, science, religion, etc. as if they were handed down by a supreme being instead of long dead people as human as they. "As children we understand this freedom..." I often think of how when you're little time goes past so slowly because EVERYTHING is a mystery waiting to be explored. As we get older, we unconsciously tick off boxes in our heads of the things we "think" we know and pretty soon we just drift through the day completely missing all the infinite potential sitting around us - by time we are teenagers we have already locked our mind away. I make it a priority to not let myself forget what experiencing every day differently as a kid was like - the way days "felt" because of all the ambient sounds merging into a completely unique experience...so many people forget that. I really like this post. It really captures that sense of “floating in a place beyond all rules and restrictions”. So many people live their lives inside cages within cages of social taboos, family expectations, personal ignorance, etc. They really can’t see that the only reason they are “supposed to/should do something” is because someone, who a large number of people give authority to, says so. People hold these concepts of love, nature, science, religion, etc. as if they were handed down by a supreme being instead of long dead people as human as they.

“As children we understand this freedom…”

I often think of how when you’re little time goes past so slowly because EVERYTHING is a mystery waiting to be explored. As we get older, we unconsciously tick off boxes in our heads of the things we “think” we know and pretty soon we just drift through the day completely missing all the infinite potential sitting around us – by time we are teenagers we have already locked our mind away. I make it a priority to not let myself forget what experiencing every day differently as a kid was like – the way days “felt” because of all the ambient sounds merging into a completely unique experience…so many people forget that.

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