02-06-2012, 06:36 PM
(02-05-2012, 11:14 PM)turtledude23 Wrote: Is there anything intrinsic about being a wanderer which makes one feel different? Many behaviours, thought patterns and feelings I experienced throughout my life I used to think were a product of me being special in some good way (what I would now call a wanderer) I now see are most likely the products of mental disorders. Would wanderers who manifested allergies and other physical conditions rather than mental ones be more mentally "normal"? What, if anything, makes us different from most people on Earth?
What comes to mind is "which came first the chicken or the egg?", or in this case, the wanderer or the 'disorder'.
Zenmaster has said it one way. Diana has said it another. I will say that your answer is in your original inquiry. 1) "I .... think were a product of me being special", 2) "I ... now call a wanderer", 3) " I now see are ... the products of mental disorders".
The intrinsic nature, IMO, is the thoughts about it that carried you along the way in your space/time and time/space that was unique to your awareness and ability. Zenmaster laid it out in a detailed and delicate way. I tried to simplify it and express my perspective.
Thank you,
Monkey