Hello all. I want to open some intellectual dialogue with you all. The only route to towards truth is collective dialogue, I believe. Here is an excerpt from an article I wrote a few years ago, I would love to hear your opinions (agreeable and disagreeable). If this works out I will post some more!
Excerpt
"Narcissism and self-empowerment aren’t heavily dissimilar, to be honest. Both concepts revolve around the individual, in as far as they both give a sense of control and confidence to the individual, as well as empowerment. Yet, the two terms, narcissism and self-empowerment, are obviously contrasting images. One is negative, and one is positive, so where exactly is the line drawn? the line that distinguishes the two?
The narcissist will impose his sanctimonious judgement on those around him and will perceive any form of criticism to be heretical; whether the criticism was intended constructively or not. Those who are self-empowered, not too dissimilarly, feel an elevated sense of confidence and trust in their own judgement and existence. Yet it remains that one of the terms is associated with positive enlightenment whilst the other symbolises a lack of virtue, and this is because both terms intermingle with one another, that is to say, every narcissist is self-empowered, but those who are self-empowered aren't all narcissistic."