http://wellbeingandhealth.net/psychological-health/the-world-is-not-as-it-should-be/ All aspects of wellbeing and health Sat, 05 May 2012 17:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://wellbeingandhealth.net/psychological-health/the-world-is-not-as-it-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3763 Evan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:01:58 +0000 http://wellbeingandhealth.net/?p=1446#comment-3763 Hi Chris, it sounds like we agree that the world should be different (you talk of solving current situations). I am glad that we agree about this. It also sounds like you value feelings - on the basis of whether they contibute to desired outcomes (or actions?). For me a feeling is at least a partial evaluation (though no more (or less) reliable an evaluation than our thoughts). There's lots to tease out here I think. Hi Chris, it sounds like we agree that the world should be different (you talk of solving current situations). I am glad that we agree about this. It also sounds like you value feelings – on the basis of whether they contibute to desired outcomes (or actions?). For me a feeling is at least a partial evaluation (though no more (or less) reliable an evaluation than our thoughts). There’s lots to tease out here I think.

]]> http://wellbeingandhealth.net/psychological-health/the-world-is-not-as-it-should-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3762 Chris Edgar Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:07:50 +0000 http://wellbeingandhealth.net/?p=1446#comment-3762 Thanks for this Evan. I think the point of the Ram Dass quote is that getting outraged about how the world is right now doesn't actually accomplish anything. The fact that I'm really upset about the situation in some other country doesn't save anyone there -- or on a larger scale, politicians and pundits (and bloggers) ridiculing and attacking each other about some issue may create a lot of righteous and angry feelings but solves nothing. And when I am not using up energy getting outraged and blaming others for the situation, I actually free up energy I can use to work for the changes I want. Thanks for this Evan. I think the point of the Ram Dass quote is that getting outraged about how the world is right now doesn’t actually accomplish anything. The fact that I’m really upset about the situation in some other country doesn’t save anyone there — or on a larger scale, politicians and pundits (and bloggers) ridiculing and attacking each other about some issue may create a lot of righteous and angry feelings but solves nothing. And when I am not using up energy getting outraged and blaming others for the situation, I actually free up energy I can use to work for the changes I want.

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