# Form Vs Essence
## Notes
We can often see a conflict or a mismatch between something's form and essence,
A form is the way that something is constructed, how it appears, it's properties or structure. This is not limited to external aspects only, but usually it is focused on that. For example. a form might be how we are perceived by others. Our image, our (Related:: [[Instrumental]]) value. Prestige, ego, reputation, can all be conceived as part of our form.
Essence on the other hand is the (Related:: [[Intrinsic]]) property. The potential, the authentic part. For example, our essence is usually our identity, our values and beliefs.
When our form is identical to our essence, we get (Jump:: [[Authenticity]]), otherwise, we get (Jump:: [[A person is a community|intrapersonal conflict]]).
Unfortunately, focusing on our image rather than our essence has become very tempting due to the importance of (Jump:: [[Signaling]]) - showing others that we are successful, and due to the simplicity of adjusting our form rather than developing our essence (Reminds:: [[McNamara Fallacy]]). For example, it is much easier to post about being an environmentalist than actually caring and doing something for the environment. Similarly, doing a plastic surgery to improve your looks is easier than maintaining physical fitness that does the same.
Not only that focusing on our image sometimes (Jump:: [[Crowding Out|crowds out]]) spending time on developing our essence, it can even actively hurt it. For example, avoiding (Related:: [[Failure|failures]]) because they are damaging to our image hurts our ability to improve. Our ego is riddled with (Jump:: [[over confidence]]), (Jump:: [[Self Bias]]) and (Jump:: [[Present Bias|Short term bias]]), while our essence is something which has a longer (Jump:: [[compounding|return]]) on investment.
Catering to our ego instead of cultivating ourselves is one of the reasons many face an (Related:: [[absurdity of existence|existential crisis]]) when their ego is shattered by life, and they discover that without their image they are nothing but an empty shell.
## Visual
![[form vs essence.webp]]
## Connections
```dataviewjs
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dv.executeJs(queryContent);
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## Overview
🔼Topic:: [[Personal identity (MOC)]]
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