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The exact saying of Epictetus:
"What disturbs people's minds is not events
but their judgments on events" --Epictetus, 100 A.D
Sorry for quoting from memory.
anbudan
Madhurabarathi
On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 Madhurabarathi wrote :
>
>
>The importance of correcting self-talk to change personality as
>a
>therpeutic method was first demonstrated by Dr. Albert Ellis in
>his Rational Emotive Therapy in 1955. Now it is called Rational
>Emotive Behavioral Therapy. He called self-talk as 'Internal
>Verbalization'.
>
>He also demolished the widely held Freudian theory that just by
>hypnotically recollecting traumatizing experiences one can cure
>behavioral disorders. He developed a successful positive mental
>correctional method which used the rational elements of a
>person's
>emotional framework. Hence the name Rational Emotive Behavioral
>Therapy.
>
>You will be surprised to learn that the inspiration for this
>elegant method was the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus, who
>said
>"Poeple are not affected by events themselves, but by their
>interpretation of the events".
>
>If you look at it closely, you will understand that it is
>nothing
>but what Kaniyan PoonkunRan said:
>
> "தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர் தர வாரா".
>
>Food for thought, eh?
>
>anbudan
>
>Madhurabarathi
>
>
>On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 jay bee wrote :
> >Dear Friends,
> >
> >Here is a very useful article on self-talk.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >JayBee
> >
