People may indeed be treated as objects and may be profoundly affected thereby. Kick a dog often enough and he will become cowardly or vicious. People who are kicked undergo similar changes; their view of the world and of themselves is transformed. People may indeed be brainwashed, for benign or exploitative reasons.If one's destiny is shaped by manipulation one has become more of an object, less of a subject, has lost freedom. If, however, one's destiny is shaped from within then one has become more of a creator, has gained freedom. This is self-transcendence, a process of change that originates in one's heart and expands outward. begins with a vision of freedom, with an "I want to become..", with a sense of the potentiality to become what one is not. One gropes toward this vision in the dark, with no guide, no map, and no guarantee. Here one acts as subject, author, creator. .Allen Wheelis
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I’m not sure if Nelson Mandela is my role model or not, but I am always inspired by his words. I want to be the person who is treated as an object and profoundly affected by it. I want to kick kick kick until my vision of freedom becomes a reality whether it is in the present or in the future. I don’t know how to do this or when it will happen, but one way or another I will make it happen.
Source: How People Change
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