To fail, after reflection, to act is a mistake. We have the power to create ideas and we should act upon those ideas. Although our understanding of the world is not ultimate, it would be a mistake to let this insight paralyze our thinking and actions. A lie is really anything that is believed without due reflection. Activities that stifle the imagination lead to lies.
Human beings define themselves through the projects with which they become involved.
By means of engagement with a project, the attitude of wide-awakeness develops and contributes to the choice of actions that lead to self formation. A project means the intentionalized vision or purpose of making or constructing the self and the world. Human beings are capable of viewing their own actions and the world critically. Wide-awakeness is not morally or politically neutral. Social action and intervention am crucial to attaining and sustaining an attitude of wide-awakeness.