Comments on: One size does not fit all

By: Making readings real | 'Answers' I Ching blog

Making readings real | 'Answers' I Ching blog — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:28:53 +0000

[...] and then I read about a practice or method elsewhere, and it reminds me of something Yi-ish. Now, one size does not fit all, and many of these are practices that are right for some people, some of the time. We can draw on [...]

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:10:31 +0000

Another situation involved with the self help mentality, I believe is the inability of most of the inherent processes to get to the heart of the matter. As with the weight loss example it is the symptom that is dealt with and not the root issue, which is often addictive and/or compulsive signals triggering like action by the body. Somehow it’s those brain – body signals that need sorting out.

By: Edgar

Edgar — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:09:04 +0000

Great thought and I agree having been in a few self help groups my self

By: Card-Table Gypsy

Card-Table Gypsy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:09:19 +0000

â€œThe Weight Watchers program is well thought out and works as a weight loss regime, if adhered to. There is nothing wrong with it.”

Wow.

Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with it…for someone who responds well to peer pressure. That public weigh-in thing is great for anyone whose mind works that way. When I tried that program years ago, I found it humiliating and demeaning to be weighed like bulk goods in front of other people. For me, there was definitely something wrong with it. I understand they’ve changed a great deal about it since – but you still step on that scale for an audience.

I think you really hit on the common theme of what went wrong with all these things: An idea that what works for one, or many, must work for all. We may all be One, but we’re very different expressions of it!

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:04:03 +0000

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