The home within the self and the impact it has on the home without the self...

That' s an interesting though but I would argue that there is no home without the self...now if I leave the sentence like that some guys are going to be very happy around the forum while thinking they hit a jackpot out of my pocket...so let me complete the idea just so people get it right..."self" on my account is a reflection of the world that makes you what you are at any given time, a pattern among patterns...the very same world that makes your tastes and preferences recast your "spirit" back on it...

so the self is a pattern

if the self is nothing but a pattern , then we would all be the same and of course we're not

...are you suggesting there is only one pattern or that patterns cannot contain or be divided in sub patterns ? goggle some fractal videos please North...I am not in the mood to debate the obvious here...while you are entitled to believe what you want as anyone else is, please step back before you kick some quick answer without thinking...

Let me deliver it to you in a more pop culture "language" so that maybe you feel more comfortable with the idea :

oh I'm familar with fractals

the deeper you go the more the pattern repeats , infinite

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the problem with fractals is once your in this particular shape , you can't get out !

I realize this was all months ago, but I feel like I have my two-cents worth to add here. I don't think there is any actual connection between the "home" of self and the house you life in, if I'm understanding your premise correctly. Yes, if you have a healthy, balanced sense of self then you are going to be happier. You will be happier in your house. But you would also be happier in a box, with a fox, or out watching the Red Sox. A proper sense of self is going to lead you to be happier wherever you are, the fact that you're happy at home is just coincidental. That being said, the bit where you mentioned "safe" threw up a red flag. No matter how healthy your self image, it doesn't keep you safe "at home in the real world." There are still lots of other "self"s running around out there, and some of them are real loonies.

Stop necroing dead shitty threads. The philosophy forum is already bad as is.

Home was a place where people could obtain emotional assistance from being enclosed by their valued individual belongings, and houses offered a platform from which to venture into the world, and a acquainted position to come back to.