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Re: Shame vs Guilt
@Lionduck said:
Guilt is embedded in the Western culture, primarily through the various Christians sects,
where one must always atone for one's sins.
It’s interesting, I always saw the struggle against the dominant Christian faith as my father and my mother’s struggle. They were of the generation who threw off that yoke from parents who wanted to instill it, for whom Osho’s book on Jesus and the gospel of Thomas came as a clarifying wave.
In my generation, most schools were anthroposophical or non-denominational, you no longer were fed the whole original sin story, or indeed even the idea that there was such a thing as sin. I never got taught biblical stories, I heard more things like St Joris fights the Dragon or the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm or sometimes a story about an Angel.
Currently the Netherlands is over 50% of ‘no religion’ or ‘spiritual but not religious’ denominations. There are about 10% of the Islamic faith, and about 1% Buddhists, and the rest are Christians of various denominations. There is still a Bible Belt which stretches across the country of more religious communities.
Jeroen
Re: Financial independence, maturity and the new generation
In a way it is the lending climate of the banks that sets the price in the housing market. If the banks will lend you a mortgage that you will be repaying until your retirement, then that is what people will pay to own a house. It is a set of house-shaped handcuffs that keep you tied to jobs and earning a decent wage.
Jeroen
Re: Rebirth or Transformation?
Oooh lobster, I dunno about that. It seems to me that mankind’s conscious wisdom is only small fragments steered by someone’s unconscious.
Jeroen
Re: Discipline and spirituality
@Shoshin1 said:
Yes, in the past I've used Émile Coué's simple technique of tricking the mind into believing something is true. It seems that the subconscious can't always distinguish between what's real and unreal, and this simple trick can work wonders. However its effectiveness can vary from person to person, and depending on the circumstances.
Yes I noticed on the Wikipedia page there was some mention of the Boston Herald doing a follow-up with some people who had tried the Coué Method and finding that after six months they had gone back to their old illnesses.
But I find it fascinating that it works at all, and that it can work well for mental illnesses and some types of physical illness too. If you look a little deeper into the thinking behind the Method, then you find out it is not actually aimed at allowing insight into the unconscious, but that instead it is a gentle manipulation focussing the unconscious on becoming better.
It seems a good place to start with autosuggestion because it purposefully avoids bringing in the will. Coué was of the opinion that the will and consciousness blocked the operation of the unconscious, and so the best times to commune with the unconscious was when the will was weak.
Jeroen
Re: Discipline and spirituality
Fascinating stuff @lobster… I was just starting to read up on this, the whole idea of autosuggestion could be highly beneficial to me! Thanks!
Jeroen