[From Kenny Kitzke (991010.1500 EDT)]
<Bruce Gregory (991010.1357 EDT)>
<For what it's worth, I look at the hierarchy as the solutions to the
problems I have encountered in life.>
FWIW, I look at the hierarchy as what I want from my life.
<It's what I earned in order to keep my
intrinsic variables as error free as possible.>
FWIW, I have high level wants that are not described by innate physiological
variables that I also want to keep as error free as possible. I might make a
plan to reduce such error and when carrying it out, you might perceive it as
a random reorganization.
<I can, and do, alter the
structure when I encounter problems that I cannot solve with the existing
structure--the process is called reorganization.>
Why not alter the structure just for the thrill of it--why is a problem
needed? Someone has proposed calling the process "reorganization." It is,
of course, just speculation and little is known about it to even test it
scientifically.
<If I suddenly became a
born-again Moslem, a new systematic organization would be in place, but I
would still be me--although my friends might have trouble accepting that.>
Your body would be unchanged. But your mind and spirit would be different.
You would be a different Bruce and perceived so by your friends who can sense
changes in your opinions or aspirations. Whether they would have trouble
with your change would depend upon how they perceive the new Bruce compared
to what they would want to perceive about you.
If your parents were devout Catholics, they may find your Moslem lifestyle a
disturbance. Or, their love for you may be a higher and overriding
perception for them than your religious lifestyle. That would seem to render
your Moslemship little disturbance at all to them.