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seeker5 · 09-28-2008, 02:24 AM

I had a number of clear realizations as I've been reading the books. I'm very curious to read about other people's instant insights and "aha!" moments.

Here are some of mine:

1) About how our relationships to others - even among friends and acquaintances is really a reflection of our relationship to ourselves! This doesn't just apply to the relationship with a loved one, but with everyone. Lots of people had told me I had to love myself first, but I never understood what that meant. But now I feel a much better understanding of it. I'm happy so far with the preliminary results so far in what I've experience in the past two days despite the fact I'm still not done with the chapter on love.

2) I understand now both the strength and the weakness of Tony Robbin's approach better. I had studied his material for a few years a number of years ago and I gave it up after my life wasn't improving and I had gotten stuck. So in an instant, I applied the power-love-truth principles and applying them to Tony Robbin's teaching, here is what I found. His teaching is most strong in Power - in teaching people to take personal actions toward an objective. His teaching is also moderately about increasing Love - in teaching people to go for what they love within their heart and in connecting with others. However, his teaching get people to lower their Truth about themselves. For example, when you feel down, you're to "lie" to yourself about feeling better. It's about pumping yourself and giving yourself false confidence. Thus, it can be very hard to be honest to yourself about what's going on within yourself when you follow his teaching. Perhaps other people experienced a different facet from his teaching, however from my perspective Tony Robbins' teaching seems to be ++Power, +Love, -Truth.

What insights have you had while reading PDSP that you'd like to share?

09-28-2008, 02:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
seeker5 Family Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,606	What are some insights and "Aha!" moments that came to you as you read the PDSP book? I had a number of clear realizations as I've been reading the books. I'm very curious to read about other people's instant insights and "aha!" moments. Here are some of mine: 1) About how our relationships to others - even among friends and acquaintances is really a reflection of our relationship to ourselves! This doesn't just apply to the relationship with a loved one, but with everyone. Lots of people had told me I had to love myself first, but I never understood what that meant. But now I feel a much better understanding of it. I'm happy so far with the preliminary results so far in what I've experience in the past two days despite the fact I'm still not done with the chapter on love. 2) I understand now both the strength and the weakness of Tony Robbin's approach better. I had studied his material for a few years a number of years ago and I gave it up after my life wasn't improving and I had gotten stuck. So in an instant, I applied the power-love-truth principles and applying them to Tony Robbin's teaching, here is what I found. His teaching is most strong in Power - in teaching people to take personal actions toward an objective. His teaching is also moderately about increasing Love - in teaching people to go for what they love within their heart and in connecting with others. However, his teaching get people to lower their Truth about themselves. For example, when you feel down, you're to "lie" to yourself about feeling better. It's about pumping yourself and giving yourself false confidence. Thus, it can be very hard to be honest to yourself about what's going on within yourself when you follow his teaching. Perhaps other people experienced a different facet from his teaching, however from my perspective Tony Robbins' teaching seems to be ++Power, +Love, -Truth. What insights have you had while reading PDSP that you'd like to share?