> On Sep 8, 2:31 am, "bigflet...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
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>> On Sep 8, 4:51 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:

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>>> On Sep 7, 4:32 pm, "bigflet...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
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>>>> Most of us have been brought up under the influence of the phrase
>>>> "judge not or you shall be judged". Like many common suggestions ,
>>>> this one has many interpretations, and as such, proves to be an
>>>> interesting yardstick to ones growing awareness.

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>>>> Try this one for size.

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>>>> Given the premise we are all unique. (To recognise such uniqueness can
>>>> be associated with the more 'obscure' term of self realization).

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>>>> It is unarguable that we each have a unique set of experiences, not
>>>> only in what happens to us and when, but how we interpret such
>>>> events.In the early days we often need to make comparisons to get a
>>>> fix on our own position.(Ever wondered what it would be like to be
>>>> Bill Gates???)

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>>>> As one grows, the 'connection' to our own originality grows also, but
>>>> old understandings, such as interpretations of the phrase refered to,
>>>> often become blockages.

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>>> Seems like worrying about blockages is just another blockage.

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>> Here we go again. Introducing the term  "worrying", change the thread
>> totally, and then launch into a five minute lecture.

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> I suppose I meant an "excess of concern" about old understanding
> blocking originality. Thats why I put in a basic summary of
> Aristotle's Golden Mean. But now you raise the point of "how much"
> concern is healthy and how much we should do about opening up to our
> originality. Seems like pop psych and a metaphysical form striven for
> instead of a trial and error action.
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>> You are a worry sometimes Imm....

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>> But we all love you (shucks, did I speak for everyone...now thats
>> another worry :-)

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>> More in line would have been how the stress of worry actualy
>> biochemically contributes to heart blockages.

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> Another paleolithic prescription, about a group of instincts that
> helped us in the past but now seem out of place with modernism. Worry
> probably had its helpful effects even if it altered the heart. Maybe
> there is a right amount of worry for the apes.
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>>>> Freedom is going where life takes us. Frustration is judging
>>>> (believing) that it should be somewhere else, not only for yourself,
>>>> but for others also.

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>>> Again there is a balance between the extreme and what is healthy, the
>>> yin and yang brother.

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>> Its all healthy, in as much as we each create everything that happens
>> to us, and realizing that is what life is all about. Nothing more,
>> nothing less.

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> Too much food can lead to obesity, to much wakefulness can lead to
> problem, too much of about anything and too little of some things can
> cause problems.
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