Bronte posts snipped: When another person's belief is so out of line with our own opinions and assumptions, it's almost impossible to bend the mind to form an opening large enough to consider the radical possibility. I try to bend mine as much as possible. It's let me find a lot of interesting stuff. But I wonder how much of what may be real my assumptions still manage to block out. New Morning's questions make me wonder.
Tom T: That is the exact point that Byron Katie is continually pointing out. When one finds oneself getting all wound up by opinions/truths of others there has to be an underlying belief hidden away in us that is causing the flames to rise and the smoke to come out our ears. Like the old joke goes if the barn is full of manure there must be a horse/cow/mule in here somewhere. Examine all beliefs and see what is left. Tom
