Comments on: 5 Empowering Beliefs

By: Lysander_J

Lysander_J — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:08:32 +0000

You do not choose your thoughts. The brain is a mechanism that responds to external stimuli. Think about something right now, go ahead. Now was that something related to anything that you saw, felt, or read? Of course it was. Now think about crayons. Did you think about crayons because you chose to or because I asked you to? Free will is one of the most oppressive misconceptions on human development. Once we get past it and understand the determined mind then we can flourish, until then we labor under the misconception that we should have been able to do something instead of recognizing that we had no say and correcting the matter through interaction with other causal agents.

By: christine

christine — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:35:45 +0000

Fine article. Made me think. What came into my head, if I had to define my sense of empowerment, and what you say in #4 above, is that change is always for the better. The past is over, so don’t live there, thinking about what you didn’t get that someone else has, justifying your personal state of rotten-ness. Don’t dwell too much dragging yourself through today, the job, the kids, the groceries, it’s all temporary. In your head, live today in the future you want tomorrow, even though it might change along the way. Welcome any change with curiosity, like a new puzzle piece you’ve been given, and can turn about to see how it fits best in the big puzzle. It’s not to be kept at arm’s length, so as not to rock the boat of the present.

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Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:59:37 +0000

[...] I also like the following quote by fellow blogger Steve Olsen at his blog. The article was ‘5 Empowering Beliefs‘, he said, “If you aren’t getting the results you desire or expect, try on some new beliefs, look in the mirror, and see if you like what you see.” [...]