Hello all Steemit minds! :D
I want to share with you a little essay I wrote awhile ago. I would love to hear if any of you have some thoughts about this. This is a philosophical concept I have worked on which I think looks really interesting. I have not really heard much talk about it before. I call it "pattern establishment action". This has to do with an observation I made from my own life and things I have seen around me. The observation is this one : every action a person does has a tendency to establish a pattern, for themselves as well as for others, which is later carried on in the stream of life. From this perspective the choices we make in present moment are like moves in a process of creating our future selves. And indirectly the future world on this planet. Here is the essay :
An interesting idea I have been thinking about for a while is "Pattern Establishment Action". Every action taking place in space is also an establishment of pattern.
When you move your body in a certain way, you are establishing pattern. When you think, you are establishing pattern. When you say something or write something or express a certain attitude through your posture, you are establishing pattern.
The action you do now and the way you do it is habituated by the actions you did in the past. Your pattern of action now also habituates the pattern of your actions in the future. So how you behave now is a way of programming how you will behave later.
Your pattern of action now also influences the future of the people around you. This happens through imitation. Subconscious imitation can have a powerful and enduring impact.
For example one person goes into a room and begins laughing. Many people hear it. Within seconds the room has changed.
For other people it is also like this. Their future is also directed by the influences of how people around them have behaved. The interaction between you and another person, how this interaction proceeds, will actually change the future of you both.
Since your action influences their action, and since the action of both of you influence the lives of other people around you, your main objective interest must be to ensure that your own action is the best action possible.
If your own action is the best action possible then it is not a problem if other people imitate you. It would even be a good thing if they imitated you. Since this pattern is later carried on into their future as well as your future it will be in the interest of you both to establish a pattern of mutually beneficial action.
Said differently : playing a win - win game. Both of you actually playing in a way which seeks beneficial outcomes for both. If you could do that this will make the future of both of you more happy.
All of this implies that how you act now probably decides the future of all life on the planet. You only have this moment. Make it good.
I would love to hear if any of the other Steemians have some thoughts about this. Or suggestions for how it could be said better. May the action be as beneficial as possible :)