Comments on: The Basis of All Desires and The Truth about Growth http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/ Big Picture of Healing and Growth: from Depression to Self Actualization Fri, 04 May 2012 14:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ari Koinuma http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-388 Ari Koinuma Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:04 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-388 Hello Pink Ink, Welcome to OBV! It is quite a chore to keep distractions at bay nowadays, isn't it? When we're so used to being what we're not, that state feels normal to us -- and time to be and do what we are feels "too good to be true," when that's the state we're originally made to be. Best wishes on your manuscript! Enjoy writing it. :-) ari Hello Pink Ink,

Welcome to OBV!

It is quite a chore to keep distractions at bay nowadays, isn’t it? When we’re so used to being what we’re not, that state feels normal to us — and time to be and do what we are feels “too good to be true,” when that’s the state we’re originally made to be.

Best wishes on your manuscript! Enjoy writing it. :-)

ari

]]> By: Pink Ink http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-387 Pink Ink Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:42:21 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-387 I completely agree! Although I would have to say, doing this is hard. Sometimes, I get waylaid by all sorts of things that look just as good. I need to focus on my goal right now, which is to finish my manuscript for submission. I need to stay on the PATH. Thanks for the reminder. I will go write, now :-) Pink Ink's last blog post..<a href="http://pink-ink-pink.blogspot.com/2008/09/high-school-love.html" rel="nofollow">High School Love</a> I completely agree!

Although I would have to say, doing this is hard. Sometimes, I get waylaid by all sorts of things that look just as good. I need to focus on my goal right now, which is to finish my manuscript for submission. I need to stay on the PATH.

Thanks for the reminder. I will go write, now :-)

Pink Ink’s last blog post..High School Love

]]> By: Ari Koinuma http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-386 Ari Koinuma Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:07:15 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-386 Dereck, Exactly. Without self-awareness and analysis, we end up just doing what we're handed down. Whether it's working for us or not. A lot of opportunities for healing and growth get lost that way. ari Dereck,

Exactly. Without self-awareness and analysis, we end up just doing what we’re handed down. Whether it’s working for us or not. A lot of opportunities for healing and growth get lost that way.

ari

]]> By: Dereck Coatney http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-385 Dereck Coatney Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:43:27 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-385 This is good. I like to think of it as "convention" versus "objective decision." In other words, what many people end up doing is because of convention, or some "outside" standard instead of a standard chosen without having taken into account all the noise around us. Great work. Dereck Coatney's last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IWillNotDie/~3/ePtbBN1te2I/" rel="nofollow">Anticipation</a> This is good. I like to think of it as “convention” versus “objective decision.”

In other words, what many people end up doing is because of convention, or some “outside” standard instead of a standard chosen without having taken into account all the noise around us.

Great work.

Dereck Coatney’s last blog post..Anticipation

]]> By: Ari Koinuma http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-384 Ari Koinuma Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:50:38 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-384 Hi Barbara, Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. I want to reiterate that what we're passed down are not all bad -- not at all. But many cultures and religions have limiting beliefs. It's a process every generation goes through -- filtering out the limiting parts and keeping the essential parts. ari Hi Barbara,

Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. I want to reiterate that what we’re passed down are not all bad — not at all. But many cultures and religions have limiting beliefs. It’s a process every generation goes through — filtering out the limiting parts and keeping the essential parts.

ari

]]> By: Ari Koinuma http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-383 Ari Koinuma Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:49:14 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-383 Writer Dad, Hey, thanks for the explanation. That makes total sense. ari Writer Dad,

Hey, thanks for the explanation. That makes total sense.

ari

]]> By: Ari Koinuma http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-382 Ari Koinuma Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:47:38 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-382 Hi Jeff, Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. But I have no plans to be a priest. ;-) One of these days I'll show you my dark side. ;-) ari Hi Jeff,

Thanks! I appreciate your kind words. But I have no plans to be a priest. ;-) One of these days I’ll show you my dark side. ;-)

ari

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-381 Barbara Swafford Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:00:03 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-381 Hi Ari, What a powerful post. There's a lot of truth in your words. We often become someone else based on our upbringing. It's not an easy process to rid ourselves of all the chatter, but once we do, we can shine. Barbara Swafford's last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingwithoutablog/DWWZ/~3/389361634/" rel="nofollow">You Have The Whole World In Your Hands</a> Hi Ari,

What a powerful post. There’s a lot of truth in your words. We often become someone else based on our upbringing. It’s not an easy process to rid ourselves of all the chatter, but once we do, we can shine.

Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..You Have The Whole World In Your Hands

]]> By: Writer Dad http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-380 Writer Dad Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:51:42 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-380 If we want to lose weight, yet we have been eating poorly for a long period of time, then our bodies are ill equipped to deal with the new behavior. If we cleanse ourselves first, then maintain new behavior, it's much better than trying to simply run. If we're talking about our selves, then the same holds true. We clean our behavior, or simplify, so that we must grow. If we want to lose weight, yet we have been eating poorly for a long period of time, then our bodies are ill equipped to deal with the new behavior. If we cleanse ourselves first, then maintain new behavior, it’s much better than trying to simply run.

If we’re talking about our selves, then the same holds true. We clean our behavior, or simplify, so that we must grow.

]]> By: Jeff Baker http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/the-basis-of-all-desires-and-the-truth-about-growth/#comment-379 Jeff Baker Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:51:02 +0000 http://ourbestversion.com/?p=461#comment-379 Ari, This one is so well done, I read it twice. Thanks again man. Even when I am in a hurry, I am compelled to slow down and let your writing soak in all the way to the place at which it was aimed... probably why I read it more than once. Keep it up Mr. Future Priest ;) Continued Blessings to you and your family. Peace -- jb Jeff Baker's last blog post..<a href="http://jeffbakertalks.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-name-is-jeff-baker-and-i-am-what-i.html" rel="nofollow">Hello World! I've Got Something to Say!</a> Ari,

This one is so well done, I read it twice. Thanks again man. Even when I am in a hurry, I am compelled to slow down and let your writing soak in all the way to the place at which it was aimed… probably why I read it more than once. Keep it up Mr. Future Priest ;)

Continued Blessings to you and your family. Peace — jb

Jeff Baker’s last blog post..Hello World! I’ve Got Something to Say!

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