Posted: Jan 02, 2017 11:02 pm
PensivePenny wrote: But it does sound like you're allowing someone else, maybe someone from your distant past, to direct your thoughts. Even this isn't outside your control, but recognizing that influence is essential if it exists.
My mother does think like me about personal responsibility, and has perhaps influenced my thinking, but I can't fault her logic. I'm disapointed in my behaviour because I can imagine better behaviour according to my own values, although, of course, I am not ultimately responsible for those either. By "I" I am referring to the perceptual consciousness which experiences my reality, nothing more.