On Nov 18, 9:02 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ohh how I disagree with this. > > It is clear that who we are, our very personalities are made from not > only our experiances but our enviroment. Are we really not free > though to make of ourselves something other than what we are? > > Yes yes of course we are. The key is understanding, if we can > understand what in our lives has made us 'Us' then we can surly > change in any mannor we wish. Of course this must be true or things > like cognative therapy would just not work. >
Cognitive therapy can work if it's a part of your future to change the way you think about something. The change event occurs or not, that is, it's either in the set of future actions or it isn't. No choice involved...just a spatio-temporal mental event. > On Nov 16, 3:29 pm, RP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Man is bound by his actions and bound to his experiences. Whatever > > actions have to be done man is bound by them , as also whatever > > experiences he undergoes he is bound to them. People say marriages are > > made in heaven , I say every action and every experience is destined > > in heaven. In big things we are able to accept bondage but in small > > things we think we are free , we are able to accept the importance of > > our genes as also our environment , but our reason finds it hard to > > understand and accept complete bondage.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
