Words to Ponder #4
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Words to Ponder #4

18 Sep Words to Ponder #4

Posted at 17:26h in I Like This, Language, Philosophy, What's New, Words to Ponder by

The assumption of an internal or mental world invites alienation, loneliness, distrust, hierarchy, competition, and self-doubt; favored is a society in which people become commodities and relationships are devalued. This concept of bounded being finds its origins not within the interior of individual minds, but within co-action. It is from relational process that the very idea of an “inner world” is created. Speaking of our thoughts, emotions, intentions, and the like is not required by the facts of nature. If we fail to speak in these terms, it is not that we fail to grasp reality. Rather, the language of the interior issues from a particular tradition of relationship. By the same token, we can also create together new ways of speaking and acting. We must not remain forever bound by history.

Kenneth J. Gergen

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  • loisholzman
    Posted at 16:56h, 19 September

    JW, I like that—bounded but not bonded.

  • JW
    Posted at 22:52h, 18 September

    Bounded, we pondeThanks for another good one Lois!

    Bounded we invent and chafe and struggle against our culture

    Bounded but maybe not bonded

  • Philip J. Malebranche
    Posted at 20:03h, 18 September

    History’s tethers may sometimes fall, or be transformed to an impulse. Lessons of the past may provide light for the path ahead. Jesus believed in “co-action” when he sent his disciples into the world with few material belongings, in groups of two or three. Each was a priest, a saint, a minister, before the formation of a human institution with a hierarchy. Despite the intrusions of men to manipulate the kingdom of God, the faith that Jesus left behind has flowered with the co-action born of his instructions and way of thinking. The small simple and diverse group of disciples-12 in the beginning–promoted a manner of being and thinking that still influences the world. Thought and action are integral to this faith and lifestyle. If one is missing, there is imbalance. Some attempt to leave the Faith limping.

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