Parts of who we are can change or stay the same. Despite the dynamics of how parts of us can change, we still are "us" (ourselves), even though who we are can change.
There are 3 main categories of "you" that I have identified, which are used to represent who you are.
- Body
- Consciousness
- Ego-Personality-Identity Construct
Body (You, I) - Material, Physical, Primary Substance, Genetic
This is the physical substance at the genetic level that forms the base of who we are. We all have unique bodies that form our identity, regardless of the consciousness or personality we have.
Change can occur to this level of self, but minor physical changes. Bodies are different for each human despite sharing attributes.
The body is the basic "you" that other aspects of "you" can emerge from. You need and have a
body as part of who you are at more significant differences, like having consciousness and an ego-personality-identity construct. We, as a whole, can't exist without a body first.
Our bodies are all unique and individual, despite all humans universally sharing the same components (heart, lung,brain, eyes, etc.)
Consciousness (You, I) - Immaterial, Nonphysical, Secondary Substance
Consciousness has the power to change things. The same power potential exists in all humans as a universal potential. We all also have un/sub-conscious and conscious thought power within. As a result, we are driven and motivated both voluntarily (consciously) and involuntarily (unconsciously) to engage in actions or behaviors. eg. we can leave our bio-natural unconscious processes to control breathing for us, or we can consciously choose to control how we breathe and change our way of breathing.
Changes in the world can be manifested from a higher order awareness of what we're doing to choose the better according to our level of understanding. Or we can be unwitting changers who don't really know what we're doing -- but think we do -- simply because we are conditioned, influenced and indoctrinated to do what we do.
Consciousness has many capacities, like the "mind" and "heart" aspects. Consciousness is the common blank "I am" awareness that all humans have as a power potential within to change and evolve consciousness, the body, and the ego-personality-identity construct. Our ability to think and act more wisely can be developed. The "mind" and "heart" can be healed and made better. We can understand our identity more, and improve the fitness of our bodies. This all comes from the inner power of consciousness within us that can be developed.
Consciousness is a universal attribute and potential that we all share in common, but we each individually have consciousness developed and evolved to different levels or degrees of awareness.
Ego-Personality-Identity Construct (You, I) - Immaterial, Nonphysical, Epigenetic
The ego-personality-identity construct is different for each human despite sharing attributes. Most of us are influenced from birth to become who we are today from un/sub-conscious conditioning (bio & socio) throughout life. But that doesn't mean we can't change from that unconscious conditioning of we became.
The ego-personality-identity construct is the “I” that you and the environment (society-others) can shape and change. We can change ourselves at this level, voluntarily or influenced by the pressures of the environment to be someone. We aren't simply the result of our genes. This is how the ego-personality-identity construct is epigenetically formed (on top or above genetics), because it is created by our environmental influences that shape us to be who we are.
The ego-personality-identity is the individual identity we each have, but we all universally have an ego-personality-identity as part of who we are.
Even if our bodies are changing, replacing cells -- where we aren't same same physical components all the time of our existence -- we are still "us". Even if our personality has some changes, and we identify with different things and change our identity, we are still "us". We can be a different "us", but we are still "us". We can change our bodies, identity, personality, or other things, yet still remain the same "us".
Who we are might change, but we are still "us" and not another person. There is a constant flux and dynamic to who we are -- changing -- yet there is always the fixed static "us" that remains despite all the variable changes that make us who we are. Actions and behavior can change (stemming from our conscious or sub/unconscious desires, drives and motivations) -- making us different people, changing who we are -- but we are still "us".
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