Hi everyone!
Thanks for being so patient about the corrections :)
Everyone in my family is fine, but I took a break anyway to catch up on some R & R (= Rest and Relaxation).
Here are the corrections to the comments (by the way, I think you all know that in English, we don't really write "sensei" for a teacher - lol - but I corrected it anyway :P In English, you would either call me Mrs.XXX or just Yumi (depending on how casual the class is).
Like the last time, it was very interesting to read the different views each person had. I myself thought that this analogy was about making sure you focused on what you wanted and not what you didn't want. Thank you for the time and energy you spent on reading the article and writing your comments!
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1. It's similar to calligraphy
Hi, Yumi.
I think that this analogy fits with many things in our lives. For example, when I do calligraphy, sometimes I care too much about the many parts I want to redo to see the balance of it. So I go out or listen to some music and make myself centered enough so I don't think about the wall. To be honest, finding walls is pretty easy. Sometimes I feel like I'm surrounded by walls. I can't escape anywhere. But it's all in my mind. Actually I can go anywhere if I really want. I try to rid myself of many walls and see everything freely. That's what I think at the moment.
Please correct my English. I don't really get when I have to use the definite article.
Hi, and thank you for being the first to write a comment! The definite article is a tricky one. The main rule between "a / an" and "the" is that the first time you say something, you use "a / an" (because even if you know about it, the person you're talking to doesn't). After that, you use "the". But! This is just the basic rule, and there are so many other irregulars. One of my students even had a whole textbook just for articles alone! So... I can't really explain each one here... sorry. By the way, thank you for your second comment too! I wrote my comment to your comments in the other blog, so please check here ;)
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2. 無題
Good evening, Yumi.
I think this analogy is about attitudes toward targets.
There are two kinds of people.
Those who can keep challenging toward their targets and those who can't.
Hello, and thank you for your comment!
Attitudes toward targets (or "goals" might be more natural in this case)... are you saying that some people give up too easily while others are persistent? In that case, I'm sure you are the former and not the latter!
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4. Look at the place you want to go!
Hi Yumi and everyone,
Hope everything's good with you all!
Did you take psychology in college, Sensei? I was talking to a friend of mine who is a certified psychologist here in New York the other day, and she said the same thing. I was explaining to her about the basic concept of metaphysics - not the traditional philosophy, but the new age type of metaphysics- that"we'll experience what we're focused on" and she said "Oh yeah? That's a common concept in psychology too."
I think the moral of this story is: what do I really want to experience in this life?
Hello, and wow! You never cease to amaze me with your knowledge of various things. Well, I took a couple of courses in both high school and college, but I didn't exactly major in psychology or anything :P I do love the subject, and I'm not surprised that the idea is spreading in other fields like metaphysics too (by the way, metaphysics is a subject which I don't have a clue about).
And yes, when I remember this analogy, it's to make myself stop focusing on the "wall", because I don't want to experience crashing into it!! lol.
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Thanks again everyone!
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