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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your authentic self is who you are at your core minus social constraints etc.[/quote]

Then do we really want to see people's authentic self?

Because most people are, at their core, selfish and self-absorbed. It is social constraints that teaches the value of being kind and friendly and generous and respectful, all those things that makes living among people much easier. [/quote]

I’m sorry you have such bad experiences. I know bad people too, but the people I choose to surround myself with are kind and compassionate to their core. [/quote]

I applaud you. Most people struggle between good and bad, and it's society that tells us how to be good. And why it's important to be good. There is no core independent of what we learn from society as we grow up. The cultural values are what teaches us to be kind and compassionate.

Leave humans unto their own devices, they are terrible. After all, one only has to study history to see this. Or even just look around our modern world. The "authentic" self of humanity stripped of all the lessons we learn from our cultures is a fearsome thing. If you want to persist in thinking there's some kind of inner core independent of cultural influences, then one only needs to look at the animal kingdom to see how ruthless animals are to each other with no concept of good or evil getting in the way. Mother nature is not kind but cruelly indifferent. Good and evil are not innate knowledge to men, as history tells us quite clearly. It's something we learn.

And that's also why talk of authentic self is meaningless. As the PP pointed out, life is a journey. You learn as you journey through life. What's best for you at age 10 is not what's best for you at age 50. Your likes and preferences change as the world around you changes and you change yourself. So the "authentic" self is constantly changing. And I hope it does, because life is supposed to be about constantly learning and exploring and pursuing wisdom.

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