We are whom we tell ourselves we are ... if we believe it

We are whom we tell ourselves we are ... if we believe it.

There are simple realities that some try to make complex so they can interpret them to us and advance their status in whatever pecking order they are operating. Of course, if they control the game we are playing, then it's their rules we play by.

Simple reality No. 1: On the basis of what we have learned to this point about physics, chemistry, and biology, we are animals. That explains a lot all in itself.

Simple reality No. 2: Our life-form as an animal existed both genealogically and personally before/prior to our becoming aware/conscious of existence.

Simple reality No. 3: We have evolved over the millennia of human existence a narrative of our existence that is general to whatever culture in which we exist and specific to our particular group or tribe. For most of us on planet earth our religion is our narrative.

Simple reality No. 4: We are taught that narrative as we become aware of our existence and have no reason to doubt it in our childhood.

Now those simple realities should go a long way in explaining things. And if we believe what we have learned, we order our own lives according to the narrative we have been taught.

Next thought ... if you are with me to this point.

We can re-order our lives by changing the narrative of our existence.

This is the power of Nietzsche's idea, "Self-configuration through language became a passion for Nietzsche." -pg 55, Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography by Rüdiger Safranski, translated by Shelley Frisch.

Simple reality No. 5: We are different from other animals in the multidimensional character of our imaginations that lets us wander mentally forward and backward in time, and spatially in 3-dimensions. We can create — bring into existence — both objects and narratives from our thoughts and — what is even more — plant them anywhere in our minds, let alone on the planet.