In Role-Playing:The Many Faces of the Ego, Tolle writes, we do what we feel will get our needs met--some gratification, physical or psychological. Some roles we play to get attention, villian, victim, lover. Some romantic relationships are designed to get others to make us feel special and meet our needs. There are some pre-established roles or social archetypes we play, such as--middle class housewife, rough macho male, female seductress, the "non-conformist", artist, performer or person of culture. We take our roles seriously. Awareness helps us detect the role playing. The more we identify with the role, the more inauthentic we are. The more inauthentic our relationships become. How do we break out of this conditioning?
As I understand this paragraph, not all roles are bad, some might be necessary. However, to be inauthentic in our roles is not healthy. Can we risk being ourselves? Can we be true to ourselves and still receive the love we hunger for? Isn't that the real issue?
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