Questions · Human Questions
Why do I keep wanting to find my "true self"?
Direct answer
Chapter 2 of Being does not locate a hidden true self behind roles, bodies and experience. Each life period is real, including difficult ones. Chapter 3 separates judgments of inadequacy from the occurrence of a life.
Further explanation
Chapter 2 questions turning a role, a successful period or a particular awareness into the sole true self, while preserving names, commitments and personal continuity. Chapter 3 shows how judgments of worth divide a life into an accepted original and a rejected substitute. Life does not wait for final self-identification.
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Conclusions that must not be drawn
Changes in identity do not erase the continuity of a particular life or responsibility toward others.
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Why do I keep searching for my true self?How do I find my real self?Why does my sense of identity keep changing?
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