Who Am I?

--Singular Self Socratic Dialouge--

We'll start with your name.

Joey Meyers.

And how old are you?

17. This feels like a FB note.

What interests you?

I would say math, human relationships, music, neuroscience, and philosophy.

What are you passionate about?

The pursuit of pleasing others.

Do you consider yourself completely selfless then?

Of course not, I just believe that I am more aware of those around me than many other poeple are. It is almost an innate quality and one that I do not control.

How would you describe selflessness?

An emptiness of personal desire and an abundance of willingness to help.

What about recognition? Can you consider a person who commits only selfless acts a selfless person if they gain no recognition for their acts?

Of course. If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? It may not make an audible sound, but it does make an impact, and that impact is the result of the willingness of the selfless to help without recognition.

Should the selfless seek to, in effect, be as unrecognized as possible then?

It is my belief that the most fulfilling acts are selfless acts that go unclaimed. If one commits a selfless act and never knows whether or not that act has benefited someone or something or not, then why can one not assume that it has? It's like Schrödinger's cat; once the cat is in the box, you cannot know whether or not the cat is alive or dead until you open the box and discover the truth, but discovering the truth destroys the meaning of selflessness. The goal of selflessness should not then be to bask in the recognition of your act, but to enjoy the assumption that your act may have impacted someone in an unknown and beneficial way.

....tbc....