"'Psychological
distance' is a hardly a new concept. 'We are not our thoughts or the
object of our thoughts, we are the Thinker' is the sum of the teaching.
Viktor Frankl described it best, IMHO, when he said, 'The human brain is
a stimulus response organ. Between stimulus and response there is a
space. In that space lies our ability to choose. In our choice lies our
freedom.' Richard Lazarus described it in his Appraisal Theory, 'What
does this mean to me now?'
We have the capacity to make different choices, but not necessarily the ability. We are not taught this fundamental life skill so we develop the habit of believing we are what we think, that our chosen model of the universe is the correct one." Douglas McKee
http://wisdomresearch.org/blogs/publications/archive/2012/02/01/boosting-wisdom-distance-from-the-self-enhances-wise-reasoning-attitudes-and-behavior.aspx
We have the capacity to make different choices, but not necessarily the ability. We are not taught this fundamental life skill so we develop the habit of believing we are what we think, that our chosen model of the universe is the correct one." Douglas McKee
http://wisdomresearch.org/blogs/publications/archive/2012/02/01/boosting-wisdom-distance-from-the-self-enhances-wise-reasoning-attitudes-and-behavior.aspx
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