Dear Gary I have a question, I understand that an agreement can be changed regarding an emotional reaction. But, people do move to California for better weather, or move away from Los Angeles to get away from traffic, or in your case, you said that there are people you just don’t want to have lunch [...]
Archive for the 'The Mind' Category
A wonderful TED video on new ways to diagnose correctly. By looking into what is going on in the brain directly instead of just observing behavior we can diagnose problems such as autism correctly.
What’s possible in the realm of happiness and quieting your mind? I come across many people that assume the level of mastery they have over their emotions and beliefs is the limit of what is possible. If a person gets angry and says, “That’s just the way I am,” they assume everyone else will react [...]
Where do your emotions come from? Some people are under the assumption that your emotions come from your thoughts. That would be wrong. It is a bit more involved than that. It’s not just what we think about, or put our attention on that determines our emotions. Contrary to some current self-help philosophy, your emotions [...]
Why we feel insecure In our mind we develop images of who we are. Our imagination develops a story of our self and we imagine our self in different roles. Those images and story roles in our imagination can be of a success, or of failure and rejection. It is through imagining our self in [...]