Self-reliance.
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Self-reliance. Self-support, self-sufficiency, self-sustenance, self-standing, independence, autarky.
The starting point for the Centre of Self-reliance is the meaning of Self-reliance. It is more than the reliance on one’s powers and resources rather than those of others. In a pragmatic sense, it is the ability to depend on yourself to get things done and to meet your own needs. It is certainly the ability to do things and make decisions by yourself, but it I also taking action to provide the necessities of spiritual strength for self and family.
We have a basic need, to survive, procreate and believe. Self-reliance must incorporate the ability to meet all three of these objectives.
To be truly self-reliant you need to satisfy the criteria in five different areas.
- Physical.
Physical self-reliance starts with getting out of bed in the morning and moving to keeping your room tidy. It then transcends to keeping fit, looking after your physical health and ensuring you can do the physical tasks required to maintain your overall self-reliance.
- Emotional.
Emotions are driven by your circumstances, mood, and relationships with others. Being in control of your emotions is one thing, being self-sufficient is another. One of the earliest forms of torture was solitary confinement, as dealing with your own thoughts everyday can be emotionally debilitating
- Financial.
Being self-sufficient financially means more than just yourself, but also for your family. We are not talking about true self-sufficiency where your family lives independent of society as community autarchy is a Utopian dream.
- Spiritual.
We need to believe in something where belief is the acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof. This normally takes the form of a religion which can be the belief in a deity, or a particular system of faith, or the simple pursuit of an interest followed with great devotion.
To be self-reliant spiritually you need to totally accepting of your belief without regard to group think, peer pressure or external pressure.
- Moral.
In its simplest form moral self-reliance is the ability to know what is right and what is wrong without having the need for a gatekeeper.
