Why do I write? I write as a way to get closer to some kind of meaning, not just though content or topics but through the very act of writing itself. When I write, I feel more alive, more grounded, closer and closer to being myself. Writing as a path to meaning is not dependent on genre or publication or even readership. It requires only that we write, maybe not every day, but often enough.
We have choices of how to think of this time of our lives. Learning to be a fully conscious keeper of ourselves is perhaps the greatest gift of aging.
Multilevel disintegration is hierarchical and involves a set of higher and lower aims. It can last for a long time. Conflict and feelings of inferiority and guilt are directed toward oneself (we feel inferior to our own standards). We are active participants in the process, choosing to be self-aware.
The third in a series of Sunday posts about Kazimierz Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration. This week’s topic: awakening to self-awareness.
Dabrowskian development is aspirational. We don’t simply wait for changes to happen; we participate in them and strive for something bigger and better, even to the point of overcoming biological and societal forces.