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		<title>By: john</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-1476</link>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post!

The concept of both &#039;positive&#039; &amp; &#039;Negative&#039; thoughts etc are judgmental and that comes from illusion.  

Truth has no need to go beyond that it is.......once truth is stretched from &#039;just is&#039; to &#039;good/bad&#039; it is distorted into a dream made to seem real! 

All that is, is a glorious spontaneous and timeless brilliance. No &#039;Nows&#039; either, for that takes on with it a &#039;before &amp; after&#039;.................which doesn&#039;t exist. 

Existence IS period. 

If ones perceives a &#039;need&#039; then one has tricked oneself into an illusion of &#039;lacking&#039; which just doesn&#039;t exist. 

Allness is fully equipped as it were or else it just would not be................</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post!</p>
<p>The concept of both &#8216;positive&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Negative&#8217; thoughts etc are judgmental and that comes from illusion.  </p>
<p>Truth has no need to go beyond that it is&#8230;&#8230;.once truth is stretched from &#8216;just is&#8217; to &#8216;good/bad&#8217; it is distorted into a dream made to seem real! </p>
<p>All that is, is a glorious spontaneous and timeless brilliance. No &#8216;Nows&#8217; either, for that takes on with it a &#8216;before &#038; after&#8217;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..which doesn&#8217;t exist. </p>
<p>Existence IS period. </p>
<p>If ones perceives a &#8216;need&#8217; then one has tricked oneself into an illusion of &#8216;lacking&#8217; which just doesn&#8217;t exist. </p>
<p>Allness is fully equipped as it were or else it just would not be&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-1210</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post, I agree with much of it and have a up coming post on the whole area of postive thinking</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post, I agree with much of it and have a up coming post on the whole area of postive thinking</p>
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		<title>By: jc3</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-659</link>
		<dc:creator>jc3</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Positively Present, I agree! Well said!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Positively Present, I agree! Well said!</p>
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		<title>By: A Reader</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-367</link>
		<dc:creator>A Reader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting read. I can totally relate with what you said. If you just don&#039;t expect results, you are virtually unbreakable because nothing will bother you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting read. I can totally relate with what you said. If you just don&#8217;t expect results, you are virtually unbreakable because nothing will bother you!</p>
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		<title>By: Tango Blog &#124; The Tango Notebook &#124; Panayiotis Pete Karabetis</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-349</link>
		<dc:creator>Tango Blog &#124; The Tango Notebook &#124; Panayiotis Pete Karabetis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] recent post on The Happy Self.com by a rambunctious 21-year-old made me think about what the perfect tango mindset should be. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Panayiotis Pete Karabetis</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-301</link>
		<dc:creator>Panayiotis Pete Karabetis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dayne,

During my many transformation phases, I come back to reflect and, you&#039;re right, the emotional roller coasters in life are all due to the realization that our goals aren&#039;t meant. Because we feel the need to compare ourselves to other people&#039;s goals and accomplishments–and our own–we&#039;re never truly living in the present.

Instead, we encourage our own negative &lt;em&gt;positive&lt;/em&gt; thinking to circle back and keep us in limbo. Even when we think we&#039;re making progress, if we let ourselves compare our present accomplishment to that of one from the past, we raise our own bar and get upset if we can&#039;t reach it again.

Wonderful post, Dayne. I will mention you, this blog, and your blog on my site.

Pete &#124; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tangonotebook.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Tango Notebook&lt;/a&gt;
.-= Panayiotis Pete Karabetis´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TangoNotebook/~3/tgySOB_r8kA/how-the-tango-saved-my-life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How the Tango Saved My Life&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dayne,</p>
<p>During my many transformation phases, I come back to reflect and, you&#8217;re right, the emotional roller coasters in life are all due to the realization that our goals aren&#8217;t meant. Because we feel the need to compare ourselves to other people&#8217;s goals and accomplishments–and our own–we&#8217;re never truly living in the present.</p>
<p>Instead, we encourage our own negative <em>positive</em> thinking to circle back and keep us in limbo. Even when we think we&#8217;re making progress, if we let ourselves compare our present accomplishment to that of one from the past, we raise our own bar and get upset if we can&#8217;t reach it again.</p>
<p>Wonderful post, Dayne. I will mention you, this blog, and your blog on my site.</p>
<p>Pete | <a href="http://www.tangonotebook.com" rel="nofollow">The Tango Notebook</a><br />
.-= Panayiotis Pete Karabetis´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TangoNotebook/~3/tgySOB_r8kA/how-the-tango-saved-my-life" rel="nofollow">How the Tango Saved My Life</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Say Goodbye to Positivity</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-292</link>
		<dc:creator>Say Goodbye to Positivity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Kaushik</title>
		<link>http://www.thehappyself.com/abandon-all-hopes-say-goodbye-to-positivity//comment-page-1#comment-290</link>
		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I meant to type: and I say that from personal experience, and &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the repetition of beliefs.
.-= Kaushik´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeyondKarma/~3/uVN9UG8kORU/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Call off the Struggle&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I meant to type: and I say that from personal experience, and <i>not</i> the repetition of beliefs.<br />
.-= Kaushik´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeyondKarma/~3/uVN9UG8kORU/" rel="nofollow">Call off the Struggle</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: alternaview</title>
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		<dc:creator>alternaview</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At first I was kind of taken aback by this post, but then I read Dayne&#039;s response and was reminded about the importance of listening to diverse opinions.  I then re-read the post and noticed what I thought was a very interesting point.  While I do genuinely believe we should monitor our thoughts and having positive thoughts is imperative, I thought the post was making a very important point about detachment (as Dayne also mentioned) and cautioning us about the issues with classifying things as either positive or negative.  I know I sometimes get attached to having a certain outcome and have thought I knew exactly what was a positive outcome and what was a negative one.  The reality was I had no idea and those things I believed at the time were negative, in hindsight have been some of the best things that could have ever happened to me.  Perhaps I am reading too much into the post, but I do believe there is something to be said about not getting too attached with having what we have classified as positive things in our life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At first I was kind of taken aback by this post, but then I read Dayne&#8217;s response and was reminded about the importance of listening to diverse opinions.  I then re-read the post and noticed what I thought was a very interesting point.  While I do genuinely believe we should monitor our thoughts and having positive thoughts is imperative, I thought the post was making a very important point about detachment (as Dayne also mentioned) and cautioning us about the issues with classifying things as either positive or negative.  I know I sometimes get attached to having a certain outcome and have thought I knew exactly what was a positive outcome and what was a negative one.  The reality was I had no idea and those things I believed at the time were negative, in hindsight have been some of the best things that could have ever happened to me.  Perhaps I am reading too much into the post, but I do believe there is something to be said about not getting too attached with having what we have classified as positive things in our life.</p>
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		<title>By: Kaushik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kaushik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I frequently write about the fallacy of the ideas that are about positivity, optimism and the Law of Attraction and the like. You&#039;re right, it&#039;s controversial. :)

There is of course nothing wrong with any of these; in fact, Truth is positive and optimistic, and there is truth in the Law of Attraction--and I say that from personal experience, and repetition of beliefs.

The problem is slapping on positive thinking on top of negativity and limiting beliefs and fears cannot work. As you point it, all it does it put more limits on us.

Release all delusions, and what is left is positivity itself.
.-= Kaushik´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeyondKarma/~3/uVN9UG8kORU/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Call off the Struggle&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I frequently write about the fallacy of the ideas that are about positivity, optimism and the Law of Attraction and the like. You&#8217;re right, it&#8217;s controversial. <img src='http://www.thehappyself.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>There is of course nothing wrong with any of these; in fact, Truth is positive and optimistic, and there is truth in the Law of Attraction&#8211;and I say that from personal experience, and repetition of beliefs.</p>
<p>The problem is slapping on positive thinking on top of negativity and limiting beliefs and fears cannot work. As you point it, all it does it put more limits on us.</p>
<p>Release all delusions, and what is left is positivity itself.<br />
.-= Kaushik´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BeyondKarma/~3/uVN9UG8kORU/" rel="nofollow">Call off the Struggle</a> =-.</p>
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