If you were to stop a Man on the street,
and ask him how he got here today,
he’d probably say: “I drove downtown, parked, then walked here. Then this annoying man stopped me to ask me a ridiculous question.”
When we ask someone their current ‘state’, beyond their Position in Space, we get far weirder answers…
“Why are you sad today?” changes from day to day. Causal by present circumstances. It could be either self caused or external to them.
What is interesting is the more someone goes ‘external’ in their Causal Definition of their Present state… the bigger the Victim!
“Why are you down today?”
“Why are you always sad…”
“Why are you poor?”
“Why are you always angry?”
“Why are you so skinny and weak?”
A victim is someone who is a Victim of External Circumstances. But we can go much much further.
A victim is someone who blames their Present State on External Causes.
Someone who is Responsible for their own life, views their Situation almost entirely as Self Caused. Even if a boulder falls on them, they would say: “I walked under the boulder, it fell, and therefore I am hurt.”
Usually the boring yawn story is their parents!
“My dad did this!”
Boohoo you baby.
Your dad did in fact do whatever he did. So did your mother.
But your present state is not entirely due to them. Because after you were born, you also were a piece of the Puzzle.
To remove ourselves entirely from the Causal Tree… well that’s just Ignorant.
You baby.
Ultimately Responsibility says no i choose all this.
I choose this life and i choose where i am in life.
My current state is my doing and mine alone.