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Tag Archives: personal responsibility

Undermining myself

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on November 15, 2011 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I had trouble getting out of bed this morning. Yes, there was a part of me who simply enjoyed luxuriating in the softness and warmth of the bed – getting my need for touch met. I knew the surrounding sense …
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Posted in Transition | Tagged habit thinking, meditation, mindfulness, nonviolent communication, NVC, personal responsibility | 1 Reply

Painful Realization

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on October 3, 2011 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I humbly regret    not seeing what you saw    not trusting your word even       though i know you experienced it    not starting to unlearn sooner    not understanding until i saw the numbers    50-50 is not the same as    30-70 And then …
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Posted in Activism, Politics | Tagged personal responsibility, sexism | Leave a reply

More on system vs. personal responsibility

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 5, 2008 by RachelApril 24, 2013

AlterNet has posted an article by Oliver James that relates to my earlier musings on the system vs. personal responsibility. He observed that mental illness “almost doubled between the early 80s and the turn of the century.” He attributes this …
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Posted in Economics | Tagged capitalism, personal responsibility, systems thinking | Leave a reply

Suffering

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 5, 2008 by RachelApril 24, 2013

I went to a day-long retreat at Spirit Rock today. Although you’re not supposed to go into deep thought while practicing mindful meditation, I started to muse about why I was feeling somewhat uncomfortable there. Then it dawned on me: …
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Posted in Philosophy, Religion | Tagged Buddhism, four noble truths, personal responsibility, suffering, systems thinking | Leave a reply

Is it the system or personal responsibility?

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 3, 2008 by RachelApril 24, 2013

The January 2008 edition of Monitor on Psychology contains a letter to the editor regarding Dr. Phil Zimbardo‘s arguments that the system an individual lives in needs to be taken into account. The letter writer argues that this is simply …
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Posted in Economics | Tagged integration, Joe Dominguez, personal responsibility, systems thinking, Zimbardo | 1 Reply
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