A Confucianist acknowledges our in-born natural states, but sees humans as diamonds in the rough; agents of great potential. Confucius states that enhancing and perfecting how we act and how we relate to each-other can bring about tremendous change; on both personal and communal levels.
What we think we are is always changing. This means we are extremely malleable, which means we can use self-cultivation to turn ourselves into better people.
“Our habits limit what we can see, access, sense and know.” – Puett
The cure to this is; ritual. For participants, rituals are a momentary break from regular patterns. This gives us a change to gradually change ourselves and our habits over time. Our potential is limitless.
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