Question, question, question. Don’t assume that the reason that you feel something, and that it’s right just because you feel it. And in that kind of process, you will become rational, you’ll become somebody who can use empathy, you will have the ability to judge people properly and accept them for who they are as opposed to continually moralizing, wishing people were something that they’re not.
You’ll have a much smoother path through life, and you’ll be much calmer and more peaceful without all that emotional baggage that drags you down. But it starts with looking inward and questioning yourself and not assuming that everything you feel or think is right.
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http://Contrast this with “normal” therapy, where you can spend a long time, sometimes years, looking for the root cause of your problem, when it’s not the problem you need to solve – it’s your thinking about the problem. Once the pain caused by your thinking goes away, you’re also much more free to deal with the problem itself.
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From non judgement to non resistance, this model mirrors the work of Elkhart Tolle
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Happiness is doing something you know you shouldn’t, because you can. Peace is doing something you think you can’t, because you should.
But when you look at happiness from a philosophical perspective as a way of thinking and living, you can be happy no matter your state.
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“I didn’t need money to live happy. My whole house was nature. I had my patch of land where I planted a bit of everything, all sorts of fruit trees. I’d catch my fish, make manioc flour. I raised my three daughters, proud of what I was. I was rich.”
What is the most generous assumption you can make about this person’s intentions or what this person said?
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This fantastic article captures the essence of ALL the happiness research. If you read it, you capture all its crucial highlights. I am so thankful for it.
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The fallacy of time
The fallacy about so called fallacies
What an utter beauty!
Getting rich is a function of being happy with what you have, spending less than you make, and time.
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