whats true self?

What is self awareness? What is your true personality or true self? For human beings, its never totally genetic or pre-programmed.

Some evolutionary theories say, whats called as homo-sapiens-sapiens are the present human beings. Sapien means wise or elder. Remember, sapiens is used twice... its like version 2. and these present day humans (living since probably 2 hundred thousand years), have less programming and have to learn to change to adapt to the world they are born into.

You dont have to teach an animal or bird to eat and other many things. A human child on the other hand is pretty helpless for few years or even more. Because, there is less focus on instinct and pre programming and its learning. But this gave human beings a great advantage, in earth, which was changing rapidly. And now you know the reason for generation gap as well ;)

anyway, to sum up, we humans learn a lot from outside world, other people etc. we also have different perspectives, and thus even identical twins growing up in same house, same parents, similar outside influences grow up with different personalities.

Why do twins evolve (after birth) with such differences in their personality? Well, it can be reasoned that, the same event, happening, situation can evoke different perception / viewpoint in 2 different people. And that makes us unique... each one of us is unique.. and until we can accept that, we will feel miserable. (because, another part of us wants to be connected and be part of the majority... but we can be unique and still be connected).

In an earlier blog, there was something about, 'travel alone' to find your true self. Actually there is no guarantee that it will have the same effect / impact on 2 different people. But, there would be some similarities as well.

But even then, what the hell is this 'true self'? Well, to be true, maybe nothing like that exists.. but, a more open and rounded up self can be realized through travel.. and traveling alone.

What could occur when you travel alone is, that you would be exposed to things/situations/people you otherwise wouldn't be exposed. Thus, overall, your option to imbibe more data about the outside world increases... and thus, rather than select from a limited option, we get a chance to select the best from much more varied and rich sources.

That's what a more 'true self' would indicate.. (and many thanks to my friends, who ask such questions... accepting without analysis and questioning would be useless and I am really happy to be able to improve mine & others level of understanding too).

If you do ask questions, then you already are on that way..

Basically, we need to realize, what's taboo in one culture is embraced in another.. and when you become aware of more than 1 cultural practices, the need to feel proud (due to insecurity) about own culture disappears, and chances are your inner-self will get expressed rather than conditioned-self.

We as human beings, which is but one of the many species of living beings in this earth, have many limitations... we have to accept them but also accept our strengths and explore ahead, without Anthropocentrism of course (its there in wikipedia ;)...   anyway, i have to stop, gotta watch matrix 1, there's something i want to analyze about that movie...