I agree Cron, I've no doubt that all of the fundamentals of PD that I've come across have been around for a long time. And even during the same period the same message may be told in different ways. Some are coated in language which makes them more appealing to some (new age style books for example), but less appealing to others, however those others will undoubtedly find the same message told with different words (computer metaphors for example) that
they will find more appealing.
For example I find Phillip J. Eby's essays on the distinction between self and ego more digestable than anything by Eckhart Tolle. And while they both superficially appear to be presenting a different message, the result of assimilating that message would be the same; vast personal development.
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The Multiple Self is the first article of Phillip's that I read, and my favourite of all PD articles I've read in the last few months)
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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle  Self-improvement is masturbation. How's that for a PD quote? |
Obviously I'm missing something. How is self-improvement masturbation? That makes it seem all about immediate and transient pleasure, and while pleasurable, self-improvement is neither immediate nor transient.