Comments on: Tony Robbins and the Cult of Aggressive Positivity, Part 1

By: gertrude

gertrude — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:17:05 +0000

I do not know how many people will still choose compassion and cohesion. Or how many, whether through the illusionary corporate world, or the greedstimulating alternative self help world, are opting for those illusionary billions, not caring whose backs are broken for that.

By: gertrude

gertrude — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:16:40 +0000

be involved with the negative events in the world, trying to find a way to change them. It being ultimately an illusion, also means i can pass my own deep fears and let compassion and fierceness prevail. Let standing empowered in my own truth as i found it, acknowledging even that may be false, or mistaken, can ultimately maybe kill me, but not kill the essence of me. Choosing to always search for happiness seems boring to me. One no longer seems to know, what happens in the real world, nor has the capacity to discuss that. Nor to search for truth and how to change negatively intended, maybe evil, events, that will harm other humans. I agree with Barbara though, that somehow we should collectively grow stronger, to rebuilt cohesion, a firm decision to built a better world, healthier planetary environment and oppose those whose intent is greed and accumulating unneeded wealth, a carpark not needed, a fleet of homes, not needed, or gameplaying on the stockmarket, destroying some, not needed.

By: gertrude

gertrude — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:16:02 +0000

Possible that is possible, but then also that is an illusion. One does no longer have to get involved with the negative events, happening in our world, on our planet, not feel compassion for those suffering those states, let alone to anything to change the events. Because everyong creates their own reality, and CAN choose happiness. Yet being a survivor of prenatal and multiple early childhood trauma, i seem to lose myself in that state and feel closer to myself, however deeply sad, thus more in harmony with myself, when true to my own feelings. Be it deep sadness or anger, years ago even rage.
I can also choose to take everything is an illusion as it does then not matter, when i consciously choose to

By: gertrude

gertrude — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:14:21 +0000

I believe of know, both side are wrong, mistaken. Barbara Ehrenreich saying she knows all about the immunesystem is just as delusional, as false positivists saying how all is an illusion, never know what they mean by that, and how everything is love and every human being has the option to choose happiness.

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By: Duff McDuffee

Duff McDuffee — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:51:10 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Sheri. Indeed, the rich will get richer in a recession, but is this good news for the middle class and poor? Hardly.

By: Sheri Lynn

Sheri Lynn — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:06:46 +0000

Well done and provocative. I appreciate the reference to avoiding the reality of death – basically Robbin's represents another distraction that emotionally powers past the fear – and eventually that is going to break down. It's not sustainable.
I watched a recent vid of his about the current economical status and how that is going to change in the coming months. He was talking about how folks with investments and tied up money would protect that; even grow it. What a narrow audience – most folks I know are worried about protecting their jobs – how they will keep their house – medical insurance for their kids and the paperwork for food stamps – not protecting excess.
Made me wonder.

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