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Nov. 13, 2013: 8:00pm: Listening to: Enemy Inside pt2 by: Egypt Central
Change, Do we believe in it? I would like to know. For those of you's who are reading this, today will be a short day. I wrote this to Bill but now I put it out there to everyone. And I'm adding to it. No matter who you are, no matter what your answer is, no matter how I may feel about it, I would like to hear your responses. This is a question that I ask the world. And if you are reading this, I would like you to answer this and tell me. No answer is wrong but I would love to know how society responds. I've discussed this with prisoners and with staff and our outside church volunter guests and I told them I will get at least 25 responses to my question. So please don't let me down readers. I do my best to educate and entertain you's, so please help me out here. (And Kat, if you're reading, I haven't heard from you in awhile, hope all is okay, Sonja still hasn't written and I am more than angry, I'm hurt now.)
Do you believe that you can change the essence of a man (or woman)?
If yes, move onto next question, if no, then please state why?
What does it take, or what would it take to change the essence of a man (or woman)?
To anyone who has ever sent me a comment or response, I would like you and everyone else who hasn't, to please answer this. I thank you's all for your help and time. Take care, stay safe, and god bless.
Ciao.
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That's a pretty big question!
In answer to the first part - what do you think the 'essence' of a person is? When we're born, there's little about us that is set in stone. We don't have any thoughts, beliefs, feelings etc until they are taught us by the people that raise us, experiences we have, the wider culture etc etc. Even things we are born with can be altered by the circumstances we are born into. Someone with a disability born into a supportive family who have many resources to help their child will probably view disability differently from someone in another situation. If we believe that sexuality is inbuilt, it's still true that someone born into a homophobic society or family can decide to be in a heterosexual relationship because it makes their life easier/happier. These are just two examples, I'm sure you can think of many more. So I don't know if there is an 'essence' of a person. Maybe some people are born with a mind that means they can't learn or change, or into a situation where inbuilt problems like mental illness become so severe that they can never be cured, but I think it must be very rare.
So yes, as I believe that we are born with lots of potential for flexibility in how we end up, I do think that we can also change once more if we have the right resources and motivation. However, I think that change is very hard. My therapist tells me that you can see in scans of the brain that patients minds actually physically change after going through therapy - the pathways they use are re-mapped. But it takes a lot of effort and help to change those pathways, and the existing ones are always more comfortable, even if they lead to negative consequences. People need a lot of resources, education and other people to help them be able to change. It can take years of attempts. For those in bad environments, with no money, or no support, or no knowledge of how to change then it might be impossible.
In answer to your question, I don't know that you can change the essence of a person. I think who we are by the time when we are adults is hard to change completly. An angry person will always have a tendency to anger. But I think we can change how we react to things and how we lead our lives. However it can be very difficult, and many people will not be able to succeed.