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Originally Posted by Digit  [/i]
oh i'm glad i'm not the only one who sees past the oversimplification.
anytime i come across an oversimplification it usually strikes me as not just being oversimplified but oversimplified to the point that it's just plain erroneous!
i made a post on this forum in which i think i expressed my view on the whole lightworker/darkworker thing pretty well.
*goes to dig it up out of my 9 posts so far. hehe* http://www.stevepavlina.com/forums/c...tml#post204982
how about this...
love everyone, including yourself.
love yourself, and recognise that everyone else is ultimately an extension of "the self".
and be free to hate those aspects that don't meet with your high standards if that so be the emotions you need to express, just so long as you remember that's just the aspect you hate, not the being.
i'm sure Mo was all over this. 
if only i had the time to say more. hehe... gotta dash. |
Heh well I'm one of the ones who don't buy into the whole extension of "the self". I also find that hatred really doesn't produce anything good. Anger can be a good emotion but I don't see hatred leading to anything positive by itself.
ProjectX: I'd recommend getting "Strengths Finder 2.0". I found that while the 7 habits were good I think he's coming from a standpoint where empathy is one of his talents. Which is why it works so well for him.
That does lead to an interesting question of whether we can create talents within ourselves but I'm inclined to say no. I also do not have the talent of empathy so while the concepts can be good I don't think I'm going to ever achieve the same level of success as the 7 habits author had.