http://mtmbloglife.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-projecting-ist-of-all/ Reflections from life's banquet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:20:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mtmbloglife.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-projecting-ist-of-all/#comment-42 mtmbloglife Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:49:03 +0000 http://mtmbloglife.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-42 well, of course, we all have bias built into any and everything we do! as for my acquaintance, i don't believe he's risk adverse. i believe he's dark-adverse (believing, as many do, that if it's dark or painful it should be avoided at all costs). to me, that means you leave lots of life's gifts unopened---which is fine if that's someone's conscious choice. well, of course, we all have bias built into any and everything we do!
as for my acquaintance, i don’t believe he’s risk adverse. i believe he’s dark-adverse (believing, as many do, that if it’s dark or painful it should be avoided at all costs). to me, that means you leave lots of life’s gifts unopened—which is fine if that’s someone’s conscious choice.

]]> http://mtmbloglife.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-projecting-ist-of-all/#comment-41 Ridgewalker Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:39:39 +0000 http://mtmbloglife.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-41 Hmmm....seems to me that you have a bit of a bias built into your notion of projection that goes something like this: active, risky = good and passive stable = bad, which makes sense given some of the choices that you have recently made. But Richard Bach's point on projection is that we are all free to watch the movie of our choice -- we alone are able to decide if the movie is good or bad. Others can only decide if the movie is right for them. Perhaps your risk averse friend is learning exactly what he needs to learn right now... Hmmm….seems to me that you have a bit of a bias built into your notion of projection that goes something like this: active, risky = good and passive stable = bad, which makes sense given some of the choices that you have recently made. But Richard Bach’s point on projection is that we are all free to watch the movie of our choice — we alone are able to decide if the movie is good or bad. Others can only decide if the movie is right for them. Perhaps your risk averse friend is learning exactly what he needs to learn right now…

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