click this doll house for more detail

click this doll house for more detail
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Objective of "the collective"

Objective of "the collective"


Once self consciousness is actualized the self must account for the process of the actual present with a view towards the future. The present situation like any observation of “the current” is a subjective interpretation of the constructive narrative of the past [this is true both for the self and for the collective]. Due to the multiplicity of viable interpretations it is necessary to construct an intellectual identity of “a collective self” to struggle with the present situation. Therefore, to cognize “the current situation” as objectively as possible must be a present imperative for creating a viable future for both the Self and the collective.  To the contemplative mind, the ever-so-present future, must be idealized not as an unattainable transcendent world of pure forms, but as a concrete and practical transition from a realistic present towards a “realistic” future.  


The Will to understand
In the present, the Self is conscious of its own being in its full potentiality not knowing where to turn but to express its “own Will” in pure expression of both confusion and in magnanimity. The false dichotomy between knowing and not knowing causes the confusion and grandiosity of the vision at hand. What is internal to the Self seems so subjectively real beyond doubt. However there cannot be a disregard of the external world and the necessities of the Self (as a body that is part of the world), to survive and someday flourish. To do so, the Will must overcome the obstacles both from within and from without, to come to terms with an inner-self that is radically and characteristically different to the outer self. The world that the Self beholds in his own conscious calls to find others, while constructively learning to use the appropriate "logic" through the faculties of reason.

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