Am I Ready? - Looking Through The Problem with The Concept of The Unconscious Mind
Am I ready to live alone? Am I ready to be married? Am I ready to have a child? Am I ready to go on to live the next chapter of my life? These are common questions we all have. Its an interesting one. What is ready? I've heard some understand readiness as the mastery of the situation such that entails knowing how to handle every variable possible. That is not exactly what they said, but that's the heart of it. This to me seems inhumane. Man is fallible and imperfect. If this is the standard, if this is your understanding, the question becomes inane since one may never reach this stage, just to be able to progress in life. I've also heard many versions of this assertion: "You won't understand unless you've gone through it" or "Nothing prepares you for what it actually takes". So, my question is how can you really answer the readiness question with "Yes, I am ready" and to not lie? If we were to assume these assertions, mainly from the ...