Wow i've been out for just a day and this thread got many replies.
Thanks god you touched this issue, because this is one more issue that i wanted to touch in my initial but ended up forgetting to add it:
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  By stating your fear that wishful thinking will lead to impaired functionality, you provide a pretty good demonstration that proof-seeking is indeed fear-based, which was a key point of the article. |
Given your line of reasoning, i can also create this line of reasoning, which is exactly as yours but the opposite of what you claim. What about if i say this: "no proof seeking is a sign of fear-based thinking, meaning that what you believe in and want to believe in might be false, but you don't want to investigate it because you're afraid of your fantasies to end".
Also, how can wishful thinking ever be helpful? You're telling me that, i.e., suddenly because i see/feel/hear/whatever a "sign" coming from the Universe and i interpret it as it suggesting me to invest all my money in stock "x", i should do it because i
"should let go of my fear that wishful thinking will lead to impaired functionality"?