Posted by Partlycloudy on October 31, 2013, at 11:47:17
In reply to Re: Thinking we are special, posted by sigismund on October 31, 2013, at 2:43:55
> Translation from Chinese must be really different to translation from an Indo-European language.
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> So there is difference, being special, and being important and they are all a bit different.I've been taught that we all have stories we like to tell about ourselves. The challenge is putting these stories up to questioning and seeing if they hold up.
1. Is this story true?
2. Can I absolutely know that it is true?
3. How do I feel when I believe that this story is true?
4. How do I feel if I were to drop the beliefs in those stories and feelings?In doing so for many situations in my life, I have found that the events that I tagged as Special and Unique have not stood up to this line of questioning.
The stories have fallen away.
Obviously, I have not worked on every issue, like Bullying. But I think I understand the process enough to see that what we think makes us unique are really the stories we tell ourselves about them. And that they don't usually stand up to scrutiny.It is a transformative process.
PC
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