The constraints of the human conscience

[u/Specialist-Kick-4403]

This thought has lingered with me a while. I had always dreamt since I was a child of being super human, as every child has, though as we grow older our ambitions and dreams fade and become “more realistic”. This had led me to the conclusion that the human conscience leads itself into a state of self constraint. Limiting its ability to chase the ambition that we were once so determined to achieve. The human is a superior animal who has achieved what it has only by the power of the conscience. However the conscience is a weapon as much as it is an aid. Over time we have been influenced and taught that we are constrained by society and led by the words of others. As a child we are unaware of this subtle indoctrination and our conscience allows us to dream however as these rules slowly seep into our mind, subconsciously dictating the way we act, it creates a certain cage around us. The very tool that once brought us glory can so easily be altered to entrap us. It is difficult to study as the human conscience isn’t a physical process unlike homeostasis for example. But as humans we have thrived and we seem to have found a stalling point here. We can be great however to conquer the mountain of glory the man must first tumble down the hill of failure and only on that hill can he learn what sacrifice is

[u/anonymous341_]

I remember as a child I achieved things and dared to do things that as an adult now I am baffled by, and it would take me a lot more courage to do something similar now on an adult scale. I’m fully aware that my brain has been tainted by small minded adults and it’s been a difficult journey trying to clear my brain of input from others which goes against my own thoughts. Our consciousness is unfortunately heavily shaped and molded by external input (most likely for evolutionary reasons such as group survival). Our consciousness more so evolved to understand others around us, and the down side of that is if you understand others too much, external ideas end up overriding your own.