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“The question isn’t “What happened?” but “How was it resolved?” I’ve been spending a lot of time spelunking in the past lately, trying to recover memories before they fade away. But I haven’t been reflecting on it in this way. I was looking at the “what”, and
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“Regardless of what may have happened in the past, it is the meaning that is attributed to it that determines the way someone’s present will be.” The past itself has no power over us. Its power arises from the meaning and interpretation applied to it. So it can always
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I asked my buddies for some help with this: I think this is a pretty good interpretation.
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“Every one of us is living in line with some goal. That is what teleology tells us” Teleology is the process of tracing the root of problem by looking at what function is being served by the behavior, and then figuring out the why based on that. Excerpt From: Ichiro
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“in Adlerian psychology, we do not think about past “causes” but rather about present “goals” Instead of trying to unravel the why of something by looking at the past and creating a narrative, we need to look to present how this behavior is serving a need or a goal. For
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Epictetus (/ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/;Greek: Ἐπίκτητος, Epíktētos; c. 50 – c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born into slavery at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, in western Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His
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To Epictetus, all external events are beyond our control; we should accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. However, individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. This is part of Adlerian psychology as well. There are my tasks, and there are your
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The January 6th entry in Leo Tolstoy’s A Calendar of Wisdom has the following quote: Put at least half of your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon will see that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness —After EPICTETUS This
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“If we focus only on past causes and try to explain things solely through cause and effect, we end up with “determinism.” Because what this says is that our present and our future have already been decided by past occurrences, and are unalterable” If we look to the past for
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“There is no escape from your own subjectivity. At present, the world seems complicated and mysterious to you, but if you change, the world will appear more simple” You cannot leave subjectivity behind, but you can change your mind, your thoughts, and so change your subjective world. Excerpt From: Ichiro
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“None of us live in an objective world, but instead in a subjective world that we ourselves have given meaning to. The world you see is different from the one I see, and it’s impossible to share your world with anyone else.” We exist in a subjective reality, created
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“that people can change, that the world is simple and that everyone can be happy” More of the basic premises of Adlerian psychology/philosophy. The world is inherently simple; it is made complex through our subjective experience of it. Because this complexity is in our thoughts, we can change and