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ORIGINAL: PlayfulOne
My question is how do you see your slave.  My girl has great value to me, she is an important part of the house,  and is indespensable to me. While I understand how some slaves want to feel that way, it just doesn't work around here. 
Personally I woud not want anything in the house tyhat was worthless or couldn't manage to think for themselves.

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It can take a tremendous amount of self-awareness and work on eliminating the ego to become simply a vessel.
It also depends on whether the motivation comes from a place of understanding, or a place of fear.

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ORIGINAL: PlayfulOne

While talking to some who identify themselves as slave there has been talk at times (from them) about the fact that they are worthless, exsist for nothing but the owners pleasure, have no purpose, or just a thing,  etc..

While I understand how some slaves want to feel that way, it just doesn't work around here.  Personally I woud not want anything in the house that was worthless or couldn't manage to think for themselves.

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I'll throw another one into the mix, not only fear, but being lazy.  For some it is just easy to say, Ok I want to be a 24/7 with no thought other than what you tell me,  their thoughts seem to center around just being used for amusment than providing value and service.  Not all, but that has just been the mindset of several I have spoken with recently.  Keep me in a cage, take me out for your pleasure, and I don't have to deal with life because I am just a worthless it.

Thats not letting go of yourself and putting your ego and thoughts aside,  thats more in the realm of being selfish

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

By "worthless" they mean "no measure of worth from internal reflection, only from the owners external estimation."

It's a valid perspective, though a bit extreme.  While in my past relationships I accepted that my worth as a useful slave would be measured by the owner, and that if he judged it best overall to sell, or release or trade me, that it would be well within his authority to do so; I never thought the whole sum of my worth as a person could be validated by only that one perspective. 

Having only the purpose to be useful as a slave is hardly the same as having no purpose.

Being just a thing can be a VERY useful and appropriate mindset for owned property to have.

As a pragmatist and one with little empathy, I simply cannot see people in the world in solely emotional terms and emotional worth, except for my nephews.  And even then, I do not allow them to tire me down too much or if they grow up to become very damaging people, I would limit my contact to them. 

Not to mention, a slave can consider themselves solely property, with only the purpose to be owned and found useful, with no instrinsic worth but what they have to offer their master AND still be a completely thinking and wise person. 

It can take a tremendous amount of self-awareness and work on eliminating the ego to become simply a vessel. 

It also depends on whether the motivation comes from a place of understanding, or a place of fear.