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Why do you lose perception in a Group?

wuliheron
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Posted 10/06/09 - 03:57 AM:	#11
Like any other social animal it is in our nature to mimic each other, our very survival depends upon it. No matter how much people might insist they are unique and independent individuals, none of us are reptiles who meet only to mate, lay their eggs, and walk away. In the few documented cases where children were raised without social interaction they never learned to talk and did not survive beyond puberty. In fact, if a baby is not held and loved it becomes much more likely to die within the first year from what is called "failure to thrive". This applies to mammals in general where the mother will usually nose the newborn around, even tossing it a bit, then lick its fur. Without this treatment it will likely die within hours. If it does survive, it will likely behave in an anti-social manner and never mate. You don't have to hang around with only blind people either to get in touch with yourself. Personally, I recommend camping if you want to get in touch with yourself. Don't take a radio or books or whatever with you. Just stay in the woods for several weeks and you'll be amazed at how in touch with your own feelings and senses you become. We simply did not evolve to sit in front of computers, drive around in cars, and walk on concrete and you can't expect our inherent nature to respond to such things.

MrDobin
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Posted 10/15/09 - 05:09 PM:	#12
wuliheron I am right with ya. I am a very introverted hermit like person for the most part. I often have to tell friends I am having some time off from EVERYTHING because I am losing myself. I never can get them to understand the concept of losing self, but that is the struggle of being so much a loner as I am. I think it is baffling how distorted a mind or mind of many can become when they lack the awareness to step outside the "group". I tend to lend insight to friends due to my being outside of most social circles. Being on the social fringe as the say, is a major gift in many cases. However, social systems on an instinctual level, rely on the herd mentality. So I do not think it is wise to crash the thoughts of a group even if someone, such as myself, feels justified in our thoughts being MORE correct.
We must find the courage to move forward without hesitation and fear. Avoiding the option of hiding within the comforts of our past.

wuliheron
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Posted 10/16/09 - 03:49 AM:	#13
I think a lot of the whole introvert-extrovert thing is just so much cultural B.S. Part of the legacy of a cultures that tend to rely on social norms heavily for group cohesion. There was a great interview in the N.Y. Times with a woman who grew up in a small tribal group isolated in the Amazon jungle, married an anthropologist, and moved to New York. They asked her what it was like going from the stone age to modern New York and she said that she like fast food, cars, tv, and all that stuff. But what really struck her the first time she had ever seen a crowded New York street was just how lonely all those thousands of people looked. She had lived her entire life with the same thirty people, seeing perhaps one stranger a year, and had never experienced or witnessed that degree of loneliness. Besides camping I also recommend joining groups. Especially groups dedicated to helping people. Get yourself out of the rat race and find some people who at least part-time have learned the value of just being human and helping others.

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Posted 10/16/09 - 09:20 AM:	#14
Totally agree. Even being that I myself prefer my own company realize the power and good in interacting with others.
We must find the courage to move forward without hesitation and fear. Avoiding the option of hiding within the comforts of our past.

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