Comments on: Releasing the Influences to Become a Better ‘You’ http://www.taneyism.com/2009/08/releasing-the-influences-to-become-a-better-you/ Be Aware and In Control! Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: taney http://www.taneyism.com/2009/08/releasing-the-influences-to-become-a-better-you/comment-page-1/#comment-85 taney Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:44:25 +0000 http://www.taneyism.com/?p=343#comment-85 Hi Raymond! Thanks again for another insightful and moving comment! Yeah, I feel you on how we will never meet anyone like ourselves. It's like we call the color of the grass green, but is the green I see the same as the green you see? There's a possible chance that it could even be completely different, we just labeled it green because our teacher pointed at the grass and said it was green. Your green could appear like yellow to me, but I've been taught to label it 'green'. I mean, it could be something with the structure of our eyes or maybe how our brain processes what the eye sees. The fact is, we are all different. Even twins born from the same mother at the same time, can be completely different! I totally agree that no one can say what's the truth. When people tell me, "in reality" this and that, I don't agree with it because it's their perception of reality and not reality in itself. If we really took the time to understand each other, we would probably see eye to eye, instead of having these misunderstandings arise. That does not always work because even if you see eye to eye, the other person won't choose to and you have to learn to become the bigger person at times because it's not worth the fight. There are much bigger and better things in life to focus on. As you become a better person, I think life just seems to transition much more smoothly. I can relate to that from personal experience. Try it out for yourself! I'm sure you'll notice great outcomes over time. Thanks again Ray! You've been very supportive in helping me expand my mind to learn and grow. I appreciate your perspectives and I can totally understand where you're coming from and accept everything you say. It makes complete sense! Hi Raymond! Thanks again for another insightful and moving comment! Yeah, I feel you on how we will never meet anyone like ourselves. It’s like we call the color of the grass green, but is the green I see the same as the green you see? There’s a possible chance that it could even be completely different, we just labeled it green because our teacher pointed at the grass and said it was green. Your green could appear like yellow to me, but I’ve been taught to label it ‘green’. I mean, it could be something with the structure of our eyes or maybe how our brain processes what the eye sees. The fact is, we are all different. Even twins born from the same mother at the same time, can be completely different!

I totally agree that no one can say what’s the truth. When people tell me, “in reality” this and that, I don’t agree with it because it’s their perception of reality and not reality in itself. If we really took the time to understand each other, we would probably see eye to eye, instead of having these misunderstandings arise. That does not always work because even if you see eye to eye, the other person won’t choose to and you have to learn to become the bigger person at times because it’s not worth the fight. There are much bigger and better things in life to focus on.

As you become a better person, I think life just seems to transition much more smoothly. I can relate to that from personal experience. Try it out for yourself! I’m sure you’ll notice great outcomes over time.

Thanks again Ray! You’ve been very supportive in helping me expand my mind to learn and grow. I appreciate your perspectives and I can totally understand where you’re coming from and accept everything you say. It makes complete sense!

]]> By: Raymond http://www.taneyism.com/2009/08/releasing-the-influences-to-become-a-better-you/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Raymond Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:54:39 +0000 http://www.taneyism.com/?p=343#comment-84 As I sit here thinking, I had come up with many introductions to my response but only towards one conclusion. There is nature, everything that is tangible. There is nurture, everything that is intangible. Then there is your brain. It is something paradoxically magnificent and there's nothing else like it. There is nobody in this world exactly like you but you. There may be someone similar but never exact to how you think and view the world and everything in it. What does this have to do with anything? It deals with how to "become a better you." It's easy to comprehend the concept of ones nature and nurture. But no one can understand what is going through someone's brain unless it were to be expressed truthfully by that person. I agree with Taney and the world of misunderstandings. Every problem in this world is a misunderstanding of some sort. I cannot believe that someone would do something evil for the pure purpose of evil. If there were a person like that then I would call him satan. Once we fully accept that everyone's mind changes through different experiences then we can accept the fact that there may have been misunderstandings between past, present, and future conflicts. I remember this pleasant phrase someone quoted to me, "there's your side, there's his/her side, and then there is the truth." No one knows the truth so what is the truth? That must mean there is a misunderstanding upon both sides to assume they know the real truth when they don't. So figure out the truth, by collaborating together, or become "the bigger man" when all else fails and assume you do not know the truth. Confucius said "I do not know everything and by knowing that I do not know everything I know more than those who claim to know everything." Focus on yourself to be come a better person. As I sit here thinking, I had come up with many introductions to my response but only towards one conclusion. There is nature, everything that is tangible. There is nurture, everything that is intangible. Then there is your brain. It is something paradoxically magnificent and there’s nothing else like it. There is nobody in this world exactly like you but you. There may be someone similar but never exact to how you think and view the world and everything in it. What does this have to do with anything? It deals with how to “become a better you.” It’s easy to comprehend the concept of ones nature and nurture. But no one can understand what is going through someone’s brain unless it were to be expressed truthfully by that person. I agree with Taney and the world of misunderstandings. Every problem in this world is a misunderstanding of some sort. I cannot believe that someone would do something evil for the pure purpose of evil. If there were a person like that then I would call him satan. Once we fully accept that everyone’s mind changes through different experiences then we can accept the fact that there may have been misunderstandings between past, present, and future conflicts. I remember this pleasant phrase someone quoted to me, “there’s your side, there’s his/her side, and then there is the truth.” No one knows the truth so what is the truth? That must mean there is a misunderstanding upon both sides to assume they know the real truth when they don’t. So figure out the truth, by collaborating together, or become “the bigger man” when all else fails and assume you do not know the truth. Confucius said “I do not know everything and by knowing that I do not know everything I know more than those who claim to know everything.” Focus on yourself to be come a better person.

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