This is yet another article in a common theme. See also Truth in Opposites in Three Stories and Negative Thinkers Have It Right. It has been in the forefront of my mind lately that one person can have the exact opposite response to a personal growth concept as another, and yet, when examined closely, neither person is wrong.… Continue reading More Truth in Opposites
Category: Positive Thinking
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From Dean Radin’s excellent talk, Was Buddha just a nice guy?
One Practical Lesson of ESP
ESP, remote viewing, precognitions in dreams, these are all evidence of a fundamental aspect of consciousness that we do not yet understand. It is always on: just as sound comes in even when we don’t listen, this too is always on, even if we think we aren’t ‘listening’, affecting us in ways that we almost… Continue reading One Practical Lesson of ESP
I'm Sorry… You Jerk
There are various ways we undo ourselves with our words. Said more accurately, there are ways that we reveal emotions within ourselves that we may not be fully aware of. One instance of this is the non-apology. It is an apology that is immediately (though covertly) retracted. The syntax of the non-apology goes like this:
Victim Posturing Begets Victimhood
I stumbled upon a couple of comments in a recent article at the Washington Times that brilliantly illustrates a vital concept:
The Culpability of the No-Confidence Vote
Righteous smugness is such a nice feeling. No seriously. Who hasn’t enjoyed that feeling when witnessing someone else’s seeming incompetence? When your order gets botched, how eager are you to disparage the first customer service rep. who gets to handle your issue? But those feelings end up biting us back.