Continued Studies - 02/04/2005

PROXIMITY
GESTATION

Continued Notes
From The
Independent Studies
Of
David A. Archer
02/15/1968


Observations
Pertaining To
Social Consistencies
Within The Idea
Of
Proximity Gestation
(r.f.p.p.s.h.)

02/04/2005
Another aspect of Sartre’s statement that “in order to get any truth about oneself, a person must have contact with another person.”

In that statement I must consider that perhaps existentialism is not much more than an effort to justify over dependence on someone, something else. I don’t find any truth in his statement.

It is possible that I have seen large lies continue for years without the person(s) it was played upon having any means with which to detect the falsity. His statement depends entirely on a person already knowing about themselves, that which could be discerned from any contact with any other individual, in either a situation of fact or fiction. The person it effects already knows anything/any resulting insight about themselves that such a situation would bring forward.

I personally cannot see any instance where an individual that had discovered themselves through their existence and observation of the consequences of our physical reality, would either be duped into belief of a fictitious “reality” and consequently have their knowledge of self skewed – or even need interaction with another to know themselves and truth about themselves.

For instance – should it be that a talented professional cook became the envy of some others to the point that each of the others made the claim that the talented cook wasn’t actually talented at all, in an effort to influence his opinion of himself and the opinion of others pertaining to his skills. If that talented cook had knowledge of and confidence in himself, no amount of slander and abusive criticism could make him believe he had no skills. No amount of any other type of slander could effect him at all in that manner.

The only truth that the individual could attain about himself from such lowly behavior, is that which he already knew of himself. The most that such contact can provide is affirmation (which isn’t needed) of that which is already known – through the positive reinforcement of concurrence or adversity to the known aspect.

Such doesn’t mean that others cannot be swayed through various means to agree with the talent less “scumbags” – even to the point of denying the talented individual any means with which to contradict the slander through performance or access to communication forms.
I have experienced that personally.

It is a peculiar dynamic that I feel is a product of several aspects, one of which being that/those “two dimensional” influences.

The dynamic of it is itself a detriment unto society. The results support things in the direction of any professionals that have attained any level of success, support it – as from their perspective it is less competition and it is much safer to have degenerates in the place of those with any talent which may pose a threat of sorts.

It creates a false reality within any “industry” – but in an industry such as food production, the results can eventually be fatal to many.

Such attitude is directly related to the opinion of a “finite” world and their own short comings and insecurities.

It’s fairly easy to see the results of societies that were overly ruled and influenced in such ways throughout history and even today.

Desolation is the tell tale sign.