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- From: SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Graydon)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: An instance of non-difference between Daoists and Quakers
- Message-ID: <93026.155951SAUNDRSG@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:59:51 GMT
- References: <TED.93Jan23114939@myria.cs.umn.edu>
- <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <ewright.728075030@convex.convex.com>, ewright@convex.com (Edward V.
- Wright) says:
- >
- >Yep. You've decided, for some reason, that there's something
- >"wrong" with you -- your mind as well as your body -- and
- >allowed a bunch of witch doctors and confidence men to prey
- >upon those feelings while they bleed your wallet. The fact
- >is there is nothing wrong with you, that I can see, except
- >for a poor self-image because you will not accept yourself
- >the way you are (as opposed to the way your fitness books
- >say you should be).
- >
-
- Actually, there are two of these that I know about; one is that
- one ought to be cautious what one wishes for, since one might get
- it.
-
- The other is that something you are strongly moved to tell others
- should be considered as something you may need to hear.
-
- Acceptance of self, grounded and balanced self-love, whatever you want
- to call it, neither implies nor requires an abscence of neccesity
- or capability to make changes to yourself.
-
- Graydon, who has even met ethical psychologists.
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