What I
found the most interesting about this reading, is Sheehy’s description of the
Merger Self, the Seeker Self, and the constant struggle for balance between the
two. In the past, I have heard theories about ego development that may have
included one of these concepts, but I have never heard the two coexist, and in
an endless battle nonetheless. I think that personally, I let my “seeker self”
win out more often, but I don’t think there is anything wrong with a skew in
one direction or the other. I think issues would probably arise if you only
committed to and followed one though, like Donald Babcock did, because then you
will stunt your own development.
Another
concept I found very interesting was the idea of the inner custodian – or phantom
parent. When you think about it, parenting is downloading a version of your
morals into the head of your child, and over time the child will eventually
learn more and develop more and override certain lessons that the parent has
taught them with lessons of their own experience. The whole notion makes sense,
it’s just something I’ve never thought of before. It’s as if every time you
look both ways before crossing a street, you have a direct bond to your parent
and guardian. It’s cool.
I would
like to see the class further discuss the concepts of seeker self, merger self,
and the inner custodian.
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