Pro-Self Activism, Anti-Self Activism

Pro-Self Activism, Anti-Self Activism T he well-known Indian film actress, Priyanka Chopra, said of herself in an interview: ‘I have spent all my life being different people so I don’t know the real me.’1 The present age is one of professionalism. Having a profession means living for others. Therefore, it is true of each person that he lives for others and hardly knows his own self. For example, film actors live for their audiences, businessmen for their customers, lawyers for their clients, politicians for their voters, employees for their company bosses, and so on. This is why so many people have become non-self actors, that is, they live for others rather than for their own selves. This is surely a great loss for a person, as it is because of this that he almost always remains unaware of himself. He frequently evaluates himself according to others’ perceptions and not his own. He is unable to unfold his real potential, and finally dies in this state of unawareness. The worst case is that of those who are engaged in violence in the present times. Such people are embroiled