philosophy

"The truth calls us to surrender ourselves to the community that we are part, for their loyalty to the ties of loyalty where the truth we are. This view is dangerous, for delivery, will change us, requires us to become something new. In truth of our lives no longer our own but belongs to the whole community of creation "(Palmer, To Know As We Are Known, pages. 67-68).

Palmer has been lodged in this passage the role and effects of truth in our concepts of who we are and what we are. One of the fears of people who attended really try to change, refine and improve themselves, is whether they develop the character, persistence and clarity of vision will support them in this business all their lives. The first fear I felt at that moment, when I realized that I was having some form of enlightenment and insight unique to the human experience, is whether I can remain faithful to the vision and thereby set an example of obedience to the truth, which will prepare me to re-accept explain the life-like experience.

Who I can not be separated from the principles and truths that gives my life meaning and direction. As I improve and become this person I believe myself to be, then the expectation that dictate consciousness guide me in how and what becomes meaningful and honest in my life. When a teacher focused on the expression of learning (homework, written assignments, oral response) without an appreciation of how to define the learning of students and without regard to compassion for the students, then students will experience a deterioration in its / her identity.

This decline may be reflected in short stories. In elementary school classroom, a teacher held up a self-portrait one of his pupils. Students are shy, rarely speak or participate in discussions, are not treated well by other students and at other times, it is essentially ignored. The teacher wanted to show the negative effects of exchange and can only comment on the child.

He began by telling the kids he's got a story to tell about the person in the picture. When the students take the bus, the bus driver growled at him and said quickly, I'm late. Teacher tore a piece of her self-portrait. When students got off the bus, a boy met with her and said, "Why do not you see where you will go!" Teacher tore a piece of her self-portrait. When the little girl went to where coats and bags on the shelves, another student said, "You can not put your stuff there, that my place!" Teacher tore a piece of her self-portrait. During reading class, the teacher asks a question shy girl, but she was slow to respond, so that teachers ignore it and let other students respond. The teacher then tore off a piece of her self-portrait. When the children went to lunch in the school cafeteria, an older child to see him and knocked some of the food on the floor and then someone shouted to him, "Clean that up!" A piece of torn girl's self-portrait. Now, there's not much left of the little girl. At the end of the day, the little girl started crying, and a classmate said, "Do not cry baby." Something inside the little girl died just a little every time a part of the self-portrait was torn away.

Class became very quiet. They feel sick. They do not like the feeling. They know it's not right. Teachers then lead a discussion about how each student can do his / her part to return the little girl self-portrait self-image and thus who he is and the role he might assume in the classroom.

Palmer beg us to heal the wounds of society imposes on its members. Teachers should be skilled in healing the wounds of personal identity, of preserving and maintaining the child's vision and / or belief that he / she can be. How do I see myself allows me to give space to others that they too can see for themselves. Part of who they are I can see, and part of what they have inside them and I can only see that with what they choose and express to me. Many are afraid to go inside themselves because other people are reduced and marginalized who they become. I need to create space that allows them to recognize their place.

When I grow up and learn to make friends, I realized that people I know have one of two effects on me. They also influence me to care more or less concerned about life and various activities. This idea has served me well from time to time. Effect of this class, we obtained discussion and increase our skills in expressing ideas, truth and identity, has led me into another consciousness. This awareness impacts our ability to maintain a positive feature and attribute our identity, especially under pressure.