Quite aside from you suspecting my sincerity, or considering me sycophantic.....
.... Exactly how important TO you is the perception of others of your own supposed importance?
Does any part of you demand acknowledgement, priority and elation? Are you more willing to favour those who acknowledge, prioritise and elate you?
Or to put it in simple words for those with stunted vocabularies: Will you think better of me if I treat you as important and superior?
[ Just for the record... I'm not personally sure how I respond to this. I have a very prominant ego.... but yet as a Nihilist I am omnisceptical... and as one who has observed the human psyche at length, I am automatically suspect of any behaviour which appears to favour me. If I thought for a moment that anyone genuinely considered me more important than themselves, I would determine instantly that they were defective, as any normal lifeform generally considers itself of primary importance. ]
2007-08-17 00:08:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
... Didn't I originally state "doubts of sincerity aside"?
That isn't a factor in the equation. I'm asking you what your response would be if I said this and meant it....
.... *Sighs*
And people have the nerve to criticise me for considering others inferior. When they stop further backing up my opinion with supporting evidence then perhaps they might have a point.
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2007-08-17 00:23:13 · update #1
The "ego", the "self", the "I" is never satisfied -- no matter what you feed it, it will always want more.
May all be at peace.
John
2007-08-17 00:21:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Like when you’ve been looking at an optical illusion for a long time, straining your eyes to decode the trick, and suddenly your cognizance shifts and there—now you can clearly see it!—the two vases are actually two faces. And once you’ve seen through the optical illusion, you can never not see it again.” Except that that side of the cognition is also an illusion... Do you consider a verbal argument more valid IF IT IS SHOUTED? No? Then why should an emotion or an experience be because it is powerful? Yes, there are experiences. I've had some, religious and non-religious. But the interpretation of them is not a given. Like a visual illusion, they may not be what they appear to be. Mystics appear to have something in common in their experiences? Well, they all happen inside the processes of a human brain, so is that such a shock? Lots of different things can produce a "heart strangely warmed" Overall... no, it's not as simple or definitive, as you appear to think.
2016-05-20 20:40:00 · answer #2 · answered by luz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would surely be happy and feel flattered but I don't think it will satisfy anything. Why? Because I want to be the best that I can be; being the best and greatest thing on this tiny planet in the backyard of the Universe doesn't mean that I'm the best that I can be. And why stop on this planet; even if you call me the most Magnificent one of this Universe and the Alpha of the Megaverses, I would still feel unsatisfied since the guy next door doesn't give a damn about me. That's about how egoistic I am. Although I do know that I am the center of my own universe and I am proud of that!
2007-08-19 22:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by Aken 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, actually.
I don't know who you are, and would certainly doubt your sincerity.
Edit:
I'm sorry...
I missed that part of the question...you see it was the 2nd question I've seen you post and so you are new to me.
Well, in this new sense, I'd probably ask what exactly you're referring to about me that is the best and greatest on this planet. It's an interesting concept to be put on a pedestal, but for what purpose and on what merits?
I'd like acknowledgment of things I've done, not just a stroke to my ego.
Also, I wouldn't want to be automatically thought of as someone who needs constant adoration. It would be important for me that you understood my unique attributes, different from yours, which make me in your eyes a person worthy of such a compliment.
Getting a little more sense of your background, as an intellect I take it, I'd be weary on what you mention of value of me, when you criticize others on the same things you mention of me as being of value, I'd be offended.
Your compliment to me, without any intentions except to communicate your evaluation of me, I'd see it as verbal exchange of a true observation, a factual statement, or an educated assumption.
If it was made in the pursuit of a romantic interest, I'd be flattered, true. I'd feel happy and important to the person that said it to me. I would favor this person over others in this case. If you show interest in me, by making these observations about who I am, I'd be more inclined to reciprocate the observation whether I make it verbal or not. I would affect me in such a way that I'd like to see your good qualities as well.
2007-08-17 00:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it is human nature to enjoy such things.
Of course as a human I would have a better opinion of you. However, that would have to be quickly backed up with something more tangible than words (you're not brown nosing) otherwise my initial feeling may change.
2007-08-17 03:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because I don't think I am the best or greatest thing on the planet. (My husband might argue that point, though!) I think everyone appreciates being acknowledged, but I'm more willing to favor those who show respect (for everyone), as opposed to those who don't.
2007-08-17 02:08:55 · answer #6 · answered by kaz716 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not in the slightest. Flattery will get you nowhere. Nihlist you are, i have a friend that sounds very similar to you, and he is a very intelligent man too....but he has trouble loving. I found this an interesting article on nihilism.. http://www.geocities.com/liudegast/nihilism.html
2007-08-17 00:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by skinsect 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, it would embarrass me, worry me and make me think you had perhaps lost the plot!
i like to be treated equally, and i like to be respected but know that respect should be earned not demanded, an d i like my efforts to be acknowledged, or appreciated,as i appreciate others
i would not think 'better' of you, nor would it satisfy my ego, for my ego is not predisposed to such false flattery
2007-08-17 03:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by hedgewitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is reasonable, may be.
But If it is just a indiscreetly say.
I will fill an insult.
2007-08-17 00:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by Golden Experience 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd lose a lot of respect for you
2007-08-17 00:17:21 · answer #10 · answered by Jack P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋