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Inlägg #1: Postat: 2003-02-05 12:41:00
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Frederik |
One has to watch out, though. I knew a girl once who said that she was a ‘simple person’ who did not think too much about life, and just lived’. Hers was not ‘simplicity’, though. More a kind of wanting life to be as easy as possible and avoiding problems by not thinking about them. But by making it easy for herself she made it difficult for others me, in that case. There was some romantic element involved here. And on the long run probably even more so for herself.
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Inlägg #2: Postat: 2003-02-05 12:41:00
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Frederik |
‘Simplicity’ as I see it is the ability to see life as it really is, without the conscious or unconscious mental defences and prejudices we usually have. Life is indeed ‘simple’, but we often make it complicated by not wanting to face the difficulties and pains that are an inherent part of it.
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Inlägg #3: Postat: 2003-02-05 12:45:00
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Frederik |
I agree with Christer that one has to be optimistic and expect the best to live life to the fullest. But I believe that one also has to be ready and able to face and endure the worst - which will inevitably come along – and take it as an opportunity for growth. Joy and pain are two sides of the same coin, and we can only hope to achieve happy relationships if we face the pain of our mistakes and see what it has to teach us. Hiding in ignorance or behind mental barriers just doesn’t work.
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Inlägg #4: Postat: 2003-02-05 12:59:00
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Christer |
Fredrik:
You are right, but since theese mental barriers exist I think the most important thing is to belive that the barriers can be overridden. Can be hard if you meet a person with this attitude - "...wanting life to be as easy as possible and avoiding problems...". As long as you deal with a self centered form of empathy from the other part - theres really no good solution.
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Inlägg #5: Postat: 2003-02-05 13:17:00
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Sara |
Så sant, så sant! Naturligtvis ska man inte tränga bort problem och känslor. Men om man är en tänkare som analyserar alltför mycket kan man få sig en tankeställare genom att fundera över om problemen är "verkliga" och allvarliga eller ej. Mycket som pågår i ens tankar är fantasifoster och förstoringar av petitesser. Det är farligt att vara för låst i sig själv.
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Inlägg #6: Postat: 2003-02-05 13:32:00
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Christer |
Som Krisse i den andra tråden säger... det är lätt att låsa sitt tankemönster i en ond cirkel men det är svårt att undvika. Har man empati och känslor så analyserar man annars så blir det som Fredrik beskriver; att man blockerar sig själv. Kanske det räcker med att vara medveten om hur man själv fungerar och vara stark nog att dra sig ur om man inte får respons.
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Inlägg #7: Postat: 2003-02-05 13:47:00
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Sara |
Det är sant att självinsikt och medvetenhet om egna känslomönster leder till att man lättare kan bryta negativa tankemönster. Men man kan också vara så analyserande och känslig att man hamnar i en destruktiv cirkel.
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Inlägg #8: Postat: 2003-02-05 14:50:00
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Frederik |
I fully agree with you, Sara, and I can greatly recommend the effect that regular meditation practice has on ones ability to let go of destructive thinking-patterns. Seen loose from its spiritual connotations its just a way of learning to see thinking-patterns for what they are: *thinking* patterns, and not reality as it really is. And then it becomes much easier to overcome them or to face pain, for that matter.
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Inlägg #9: Postat: 2003-02-05 14:53:00
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Frederik |
The key I think is *awareness*. Analysis of ones feelings and thoughts always occurs from an often implicit frame of reference. Awareness on the other hand tries to make everything explicit, including those frames. And then it becomes much easier to notice and overcome the root of the problem. Like Einstein said: You cant solve a problem from the frame of mind that created the problem in the first place.
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Inlägg #10: Postat: 2003-02-05 15:08:00
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Sara |
Tack för tipser Frederik! Jag ska börja meditera för jag är alltför låst i min egen föreställningsvärld.
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