Things to think about 06-16-11

If one can say unequivically that everything is interconnected the following quotations take on profound meanings when examined in relation to each other...Cy

"The convoluted wording of legalisms
grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves
the violence we intend toward each other.
Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and
depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.
You have done violence to him, consumed his energy."
-- Frank Herbert
(1920-1986)
Source: Dune, 1965
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Frank.Herbert.Quote.406D


For the eminent psychotherapist, Carl Rogers,
most problems of human suffering are caused by a lack of self-regard.8
Self-regard is natural, argued Rogers; it is there from birth. However,
our problems stem from living in a world where others’ regard is always
conditional. “I love you only if you do...” In a world where conditions are
placed on our value, we come to evaluate ourselves conditionally, proposes
Rogers. The result is constant self-doubt, an inability to be open and loving with others, and the erection of numerous defenses. The therapist’s task is primarily that of giving the client unconditional regard. By prizing the client in spite of failings, he or she will be restored to fullness. Much the same message is evidenced in the longstanding


From a study unit on the biological Making of Individual Differences, “The developing organism is nudged onto different developmental paths by the environment in which it finds itself.”

FiOs.