Today i participated in a hip hop class at peak fitness. it was a fun group and teacher is excellent (Jen C). Props to her for doing 2 classes in a row while carrying. I love the cardio part of this exercise. I like the moves, mostly from beginning to latter middle. they really give you room to improve or add own personality and flavor. it brings me to the point of new revelation—searching for meaning of life. I like how the book gives the meaning to the meaning of life. ultimately, it is meaning according to piaget’s hierchary of life. first is survival–meaning of life is to sustain life through survival means, foods, clothing and shelter. After basic needs are met, what stargate calls ascension, we call self-actualization. we keep going up the pyramid until we have reached the top of the pyramid, and then start all over again ’til death. I am doing injustice for trying to reword or sum up the chapter about meaning from mihaly, but I can verbose it to you a little of my understanding of it. If you are lucky enough to have sufficient supply of basic human needs, then self-actualization may occur to meet higher goals of human needs, all going towards pleasure and comfort. there are two types of meaning—one for the individual, and one for the common good. or egotism and idealism. egotism in terms of satisfying one’s own needs and desires. idealism is going something immaterialistic, such as going after saintlness for god’s kingdom—helping others, or even a political figure who stands up for what they believe in. Piaget, I believe, believes that after self-actualization, person and environment, meets and becomes congruent with one another, neither harming, but benefitting the other. This may be where idealization comes in.
I belive that given one’s own experiences, self-actualization may not need to go as far to the ends of the earth for idealization to occur as a goal, but realize that fulfilling one’s own potential as a citizen of the US, as a citizen of the world, take on their own responsibilties, find out what they are so as to not trample on others, but integrate effectively with this universe. This leaves infinitely many versions of lifestyle, almost seeminly to leave free will to chance. however, someon who strives for something, is someone who may become successfully happy.
