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By: Dr RBS Kushwah,IFS

Dr RBS Kushwah,IFS — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:52:27 +0000

Good article! one should believe in action not only in talking and story telling. Although telling of the success stories is present days trend and it is also good for the knowledge of unknown seems to be known.We should enjoy every moment of our life with the creative doings.

By: Dr RBS Kushwah,IFS

Dr RBS Kushwah,IFS — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:50:19 +0000

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:35:09 +0000

I agreed to your presentation and words, but I disagreed if stories withour final vision.

By: Oemissons

Oemissons — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:29:51 +0000

I cannot completely agee with this. The world is NOT a great place. We have many problems. They need addressing and solving. To do this we need to understand our human nature.
You are attempting to do this but it is incomplete.
Too often people will assume a person is “negative” because they are focusing on a negative issue with great passion. These people have brought about some necessary changes through out history.
Recent decades, We have MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving. One woman who has alerted for years the problem of lice on smolts from salmon farms. Advances in human rights have been won by people will to tell their stories.The sharing of these stories together was the active ingredient for change.Every first year sociology class introduces the concept of anomie.Life can suck when a person feels alone and alienated. AA relies on the sharing of stories and an alcoholic will never let go of the story that he/she is an alcolic. If they did, one drink could destroy years of work.
I know that your intent is good but my experience is that blanket stateents can be harmful.

By: Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:17 +0000

Hani,
Wow, a real eye-opener. Funny thing: it seems your article is confirming some “vision” stuff going on now in my life. A “new“
girlfriend has helped me to see my vision but it seems some residual “negative thinking” has been hanging around. I’m stopping that NOW! Thank you for helping me to see the stories I’ve been telling that are unproductive and unhealthy. Good things to come!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:14:57 +0000

Quite the synchronicity to come across this article today, as this is what I’ve been playing with and officially made resolutions about yesterday. I’ve made a choice to divest myself of all of my stories, recreate myself in each moment and here are some of the bullet points I’m adhering to:

–No discussing or reminiscing about anything other than the immediate past (like, an hour ago or yesterday at work if it’s pertinent)

–No criticizing, no complaining, no arguing, period.

–No fantasizing about the future. If I want to change I focus on how to take steps towards a goal right now. If I don’t have the desire to take any steps, I’m obviously not enthralled enough by it and should move on to something I am.

–Tell the truth at all times within reason and tact, or remain silent.

It’s incredibly fun and challenging to live this way and makes you realize what an enormous percentage of regular conversation is focused on gripes, complaints, I can’ts and talking about “that one time” or “back when things were better”. The funny thing is, most people are selectively editing and weren’t any happier “back then” either! Anyway, I feel a great lightness in living this way and will gladly deal with the sometimes, um, stilted convos. LOL!

At any rate, great article, wonderful elucidation of the concept. I will certainly come back to it any time I need a reminder…

By: Sheryl Loomis

Sheryl Loomis — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:12:28 +0000

Fantastic artical, so perfect it has to be true. Thank You

By: tasha

tasha — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:31:02 +0000

Agree,
I started to feel that my story of 2years –my husband’s midlife crisis, Chineese girl, abandoned abroad with my daughter without resources, homeless, hungry, suicidal, no way out.…become so old and even to my friends too tiring and depressing.Time to start gain some energy for better happy scenario — life could bring some surprises, who knows.Thanks for support.

By: Giri

Giri — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:12:19 +0000

You have layed out a road that travels along with “The Work”.
In the process of “The Work” i believe asking “who would I be without this Story” is answered that the “I” would be POTENTIAL. Some live too much off potenial and thus from feeding of such thoughts become hesitant (paralysis through analysis) and in fact choose no story and yet find that in so doing, they become the story of “No Story“
A state of inhertia is created from the “I” becomming mesmerized in contemplating the POTENTIAL of .….….….……etc.
It it here that the “I” lives in bliss, unaware of the stories which set in on the projected material mind in all it’s tapestries.
So BE .… and step in through choice and action to another space coaster. Better yet make it the great space coaster get on board.

No Gnews is Good Gnews Right.
No Gstory is Bad Gstory though.
hey who said change your story change your life?