Comments on: Positive Thinking: Its Benefits and Limitations

By: Priya

Priya — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:28 +0000

I really like Tejvan’s articles…they are balanced, not unnecessarily mushy and encourage one to look at everything in a balanced sort of way. I think this is very important especially now when a lot of people seem to be getting carried away with this spirituality business….

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By: wilabau

wilabau — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:16:20 +0000

I somehow agree and disagree with you perhaps.

Nevertheless I like your post. I do not push positive thinking when it’s just idealism with wonderful promises.
I like p.t. when it’s a fruit of, for example: ‘true spiritual richness’ and it’s opposite: ‘true spiritual poverty’.

Wish you well !

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By: Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:44:23 +0000

Sometimes,positive thinking seems don’t help.With a deep despire inside,you can never expect a positive coming out…So it drops into the fallacy that someone that’s confident and positive won’t need any positive,’cause they have them or they’re of them.While on the other side,those desperate with positive statements to gain some power to make herself/himself more confident and more positive will never get them.So I will say,positve living philosophy is something inherited from yourself.Wasting time reviewing those positive remarks won’t do you a favor when you’re helplessly out of confidence…
And I’m afraid when that time comes,you’d better to give everything up and wait for your final death.So,the wiser way is not let yourself go this way!

By: Tejvan

Tejvan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:33:52 +0000

Welcome Mark and Jean. Thanks for your feedback!

By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:37:42 +0000

This is my first visit here, and I feel at home. I especially like your statement: “Positive thinking should be used for our self improvement and not our self aggrandizement.”

Another quote that moves me is Kathleen Norris’, “We pray not to get what we think we want, but to be changed in ways we can’t imagine.” That gets us out of our preoccupation with “self” and more focused on the fact that “life is more than just about ourselves.” The quote is from your comment on my site, of course. Thanks for coming by and commenting.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:15:13 +0000

A nice balanced post. Thanks for this Tejvan