Can you elaborate on this point, I don’t quite understand.but there is a philosophical problem with self help that the helper has the same problem at the one to be helped. — unenlightened
Haha not quite sure on this so please correct me, is it buddhism (or maybe other philosophy) that encouraged you to view your actions from a third person view and not to judge yourself.One has divided into the observer and the observed. but one cannot do this; actually they are the same thing. — unenlightened
Sounds similar to reflections and journaling your thoughts, after which you ponder on what you’ve said and done. Both gives you the self reflection that allows you to understand yourself better.It is as though one were to look in the mirror, and try to work out what one was thinking from the expression on one's face. Try it some time, you might be good at it. — unenlightened
Pardon my lack of knowledge but I don’t quite this joke, from what I understand about psychologist, they always ask their patient questions about themselves.Two psychologists meet in town.
A. Hello, how am I?
B You're fine. How am I? — unenlightened
It’s somewhat hard to determine that really, because you somewhat could lie to yourself and say you’re not rationalising, so a better way would be to get help from another party like a psychiatrist. Then again, what they perceive may not align with your thoughts so in the sense we may be in this never ending cycle of delusion of one’s ideas. Or maybe it’s me just trying to make stuff more complex than it has to me. Haha maybe I’m just a little crazy with my ideas, we’ll never know for sure lol.Sure. If you wonder if you are rationalising your actions, and you decide you are not, you have to wonder whether you are just rationalising in your decision. and if you decide you are rationalising then you cannot trust that result either. — unenlightened
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