Comments on: Seeing through language, not your eyes http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/2009/12/09/seeing-through-language-not-your-eyes/ Get More Out Of Business, Career And Your Personal Life Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seeing through language – some examples « ThePracticeofYourLife http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/2009/12/09/seeing-through-language-not-your-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Seeing through language – some examples « ThePracticeofYourLife Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:30:50 +0000 http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/?p=893#comment-284 [...] of this).  Regardless of the source, I thought they provided powerful examples of how we “see” with language, not with our [...] [...] of this).  Regardless of the source, I thought they provided powerful examples of how we “see” with language, not with our [...]

]]> By: th.galesloot http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/2009/12/09/seeing-through-language-not-your-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-283 th.galesloot Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:56:20 +0000 http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/?p=893#comment-283 Hi Peter, Reading the above, I remember thinking, after growing up and examinating what my parents told us about many things, that what they meant was probably correct but by not being elaborate enough they achieve the inverse of what they wanted : I mostly rejected in total their views because they were too simple in my opinion. Sonowadays, when I try to "educate" my grand children, I hope I'm not making the same mistake but I suppose I'll do some others... :-) Everything OK in Trinidad ? Love Thérèse Hi Peter,
Reading the above, I remember thinking, after growing up and examinating what my parents told us about many things, that what they meant was probably correct but by not being elaborate enough they achieve the inverse of what they wanted : I mostly rejected in total their views because they were too simple in my opinion.

Sonowadays, when I try to “educate” my grand children, I hope I’m not making the same mistake but I suppose I’ll do some others… :-)

Everything OK in Trinidad ?
Love
Thérèse

]]> By: thepracticeofyourlife http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/2009/12/09/seeing-through-language-not-your-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-282 thepracticeofyourlife Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:02:44 +0000 http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/?p=893#comment-282 Good question and thanks for asking. I do my best to keep my posts short and this means that I don't deal with many of the things and issues that may come up for a reader. My intention is that overtime through several posts on the same or related topic that I eventually deal with many of the questions and issues that come up. I do my best to link to related posts. As for your question I'll say this: Being conscious or aware that you are creating in language is enough to start seeing the stories that run your life, and the stories that you participate in or co-create with your communities at home, work etc. Being aware of the stories is enough to stop suffering, because you get that the stories are not "real" and you can either create new ones or participate in other stories e.g. by joining other communities. Like everything else I write about here, it comes down to inventing practices to help you remember to look for and distinguish the stories that you currently swim in. Journalling is a brilliant practice that can help. When you journal, pretend that you are a researcher looking in on your life (almost like the person journalling is not you) and invent the stories that can account for how you and others in your life (the observed) behave. Hope that helps. Good question and thanks for asking. I do my best to keep my posts short and this means that I don’t deal with many of the things and issues that may come up for a reader. My intention is that overtime through several posts on the same or related topic that I eventually deal with many of the questions and issues that come up. I do my best to link to related posts.

As for your question I’ll say this: Being conscious or aware that you are creating in language is enough to start seeing the stories that run your life, and the stories that you participate in or co-create with your communities at home, work etc. Being aware of the stories is enough to stop suffering, because you get that the stories are not “real” and you can either create new ones or participate in other stories e.g. by joining other communities.

Like everything else I write about here, it comes down to inventing practices to help you remember to look for and distinguish the stories that you currently swim in. Journalling is a brilliant practice that can help. When you journal, pretend that you are a researcher looking in on your life (almost like the person journalling is not you) and invent the stories that can account for how you and others in your life (the observed) behave. Hope that helps.

]]> By: Deekron http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/2009/12/09/seeing-through-language-not-your-eyes/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Deekron Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:57 +0000 http://thepracticeofyourlife.com/?p=893#comment-281 Nice post here, just read it. It leaves me with "OK, now how do I apply it? How do I get better and seeing through language, and seeing my own story, so that I do not suffer?" Nice post here, just read it.

It leaves me with “OK, now how do I apply it? How do I get better and seeing through language, and seeing my own story, so that I do not suffer?”

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