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Negative and Positive Energy? (pg. 7)
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| KStuff |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
this could go some way to explain the development of your bull pathways. |
Ha!
I think one of the issues is Emoto & co taking advantage of those with a poor grasp of science, and presenting it as something mystic (the Universe, maaaan). Then, eventually you have people with crazy ideas like "Don't bother with the cancer treatment, it's all in your head! You're not thinking positively enough, maaaan".
Or in The Secret's case, "It's your own fault you were raped/are a starving child in Africa/you had a miscarriage because you didn't visualize the universe properly, maaaaan." |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by KStuff
Ha!
I think one of the issues is Emoto & co taking advantage of those with a poor grasp of science, and presenting it as something mystic (the Universe, maaaan). Then, eventually you have people with crazy ideas like "Don't bother with the cancer treatment, it's all in your head! You're not thinking positively enough, maaaan".
Or in The Secret's case, "It's your own fault you were raped/are a starving child in Africa/you had a miscarriage because you didn't visualize the universe properly, maaaaan." |
I am definitely not that extreme, but I do think it is important for people who are terminally ill to try and stay positive. It seems to prolong their lives and of course, it makes their last days more pleasant. |
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| eckmek |
I think I get a lot of positive energies going from intensely hating really positive people.
So where does that leave me in all this? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by eckmek
I think I get a lot of positive energies going from intensely hating really positive people.
So where does that leave me in all this? |
It depends. Are you positive about being negative? |
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| eckmek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
It depends. Are you positive about being negative? |
I really don't know to be honest. I am positively undecided on my negativity. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
it is important for people who are terminally ill to try and stay positive. It seems to prolong their lives and of course, it makes their last days more pleasant. |
Actually, you're dead wrong here. It is important for people to cope however they want to cope. To make health decisions for themselves. Set their own priorities. Etc. Not everyone is looking to prolong their life, and what makes one person's last days more pleasant is completely different and unique from the next person's. Only the sick person can decide what is important for them.
Furthermore, there is a big problem with the belief that ill people need to be positive. Part of the experience of illness is accepting and working through negative feelings, feeling like , etc. Illness is an extremely meaningful and transformative time for people, and they should not be denied the opportunity to just be sick and take the bad with the good.
False hope and false cheerfulness may actually make sick people feel worse. Why do sick people have to be positive? They're ing sick! The whole notion of people staying positive when they're not well is more a reflection of other people's discomfort with illness/death/whatever. |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
I am definitely not that extreme, but I do think it is important for people who are terminally ill to try and stay positive. |
I'll take begrudging acceptance over "try" (read: "fake") positivity any day.
But I'm curious - why is it important, exactly?
(edit: what miss pie-hole said up there) |
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| Meat187 |
| This thread is getting too negative, plz delete. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| just like after school specials in the 80's telling kids that they were all special and could be president of the united states if they really wanted to created a generation of people feeling self entitled without actually having any skills other than being special. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
I'll take begrudging acceptance over "try" (read: "fake") positivity any day.
But I'm curious - why is it important, exactly?
(edit: what miss pie-hole said up there) |
It isn't important unless the sick person decides for his/herself that it's what they need. I'm just going to pull the "I'm an expert in this field" card and say that I've been studying this for 4 years, so I should know. Lol. :o |
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| PivotTechno |
| I already knew what your answer was going to be. :p |
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