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Originally Posted by nycindie
Can I be my own person while I am resisting being just like my mother?
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ooooh! I really like this example! It is something I've been really examining in my life -- re-action in the place of authentic action. I can't really be authentic when I'm just reacting to something. That's the thought-/-experience I'm probing, anyway. Reactions are a sort of moving away from something, whereas authentic action / activity / self-expression ... is always moving from one's true (authentic) self, which is free of the whole push / pull dynamic rooted in lack, conditioned fear, etc. We know one from the other because one moves from a core of joy and peace and the other feels yucky. Something like that, anyway.
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Originally Posted by nycindie
BTW, River, the Radical Acceptance book arrived today, and I'm looking forward to diving into it.
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Fabulous!
