We often say that young people lack "experience" and need more practice.


But what is "experience"? Experience is a process of "seeing others and the objective environment," a process of subjectifying the object.
The characteristic of infants is: centered on themselves, projecting others onto themselves, and unable to truly see others' situations, to the point that the object (whether it is others or the objective environment and laws) must serve the self, demanding that all objects be omnipotent objects, seeking "dad" and "mom" in those around them.
This point seems to be what Wu Zhihong refers to as "omnipotent narcissism."
Everyone longs for a strong object to shelter them; this is an instinct of human nature, a manifestation of the Oedipus complex and the Electra complex. However, no one is obligated to be someone else's surrogate parent, which is inevitably extremely energy-consuming and painful.
Mature individuals interact, dance, and cooperate; they have relationships of equal understanding and consideration.
Immature individuals project, depend, and demand; they resemble the caregiving and being cared for relationship between a baby and a mother.
Interestingly, maturity has nothing to do with age. In this world, too many people act like giant infants without realizing it, or knowing but powerless to change, and they remain awake while sinking deeper.
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