[ExI] Heroism without self-sacrifice
Amara Graps
amara at amara.com
Fri Mar 7 07:52:34 UTC 2008
I don't think that the hero can pull it off without the selfless aspect
because he must become the light against a dark shadow, to grow from a
trace of himself into full maturity, i.e. to be more than he is
initially. Otherwise he is a shadow, dark like the monster whom he is
trying to defeat.
So the combination of qualities which the hero requires to overcome the
monster (i.e. in the process of performing his heroic act,) then, is to
act in a large cause outside himself, he must show himself inwardly
strong, determined, totally self-reliant, become a light beacon, and in
the end, the final key in the lock is to have superior understanding or
vision than the monster. That makes a hero. :-)
Amara
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Amara Graps, PhD www.amara.com
Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado
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