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This notion, attributed to Socrates, appears extreme at first. However, if we examine it we find that it does have value, and perhaps application for our own lives. The fact that you are reading this Self-Understanding Blog is a clear indicator that you are engaged in...
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We have been looking at how we understand ourselves. What do other people around us contribute to our knowing ourselves? Consider the following: Who knows you best? Why and how do they know you? How do you compare what others see in you with what you see...
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* Are you ever surprised about what you’re like – when and how? * When do you know yourself the best? * When are you the worst at self-understanding? Please feel free to share your thoughts and observations about these...
by Dr. Adams | POSTS
Having posted many blogs on self-understanding from our experience, it’s time I heard from you. Please give me your ideas, observations and feedback and let’s begin a dialogue. How do you go about understanding yourself? * What do you observe? Is it by how you look,...
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The information imparted to infants by parents is never objective or apathetic. Such information is subjective and emotionally-laden and always distorted, or conditioned, to some degree. In this manner, emotions affect the child’s rational, intellectual, cognitive...
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Since conditioning creates distortions that interfere in our realistic perception of people, we see others falsely. We can only detect extreme differences in other people. We can distinguish a kind, caring, altruistic, giving and selfless person. We can also ascertain...
