Comments on: is tweeting about omid reza misayafi a negative thing?

By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:57:34 +0000

I suspect you’d have your work cut out for you on that one. Is it like noise, does it cancel out like that or are we really looking for that something which might unite the forces in play?

If we return to constructed duality over and over again are we reinforcing it? I have no idea but it’s something I’m pondering… that there might be some danger in that as Ian seems to be suggesting above.

I mostly wonder because I know how much you value creativity, and I sense that could have a bigger role here. Mind, I do find labelling/re-framing invaluable as a practical thing.

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By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:32:25 +0000

If we wish to heal this implies awareness of the situation to be healed/improved upon. In one sense a negative focus is indispensable.

I think chatter is often a way of finding out if the other person will listen to us. If so we can chance revealing a little more of ourselves.

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By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:52:22 +0000

Yes, the answer is not actually positive or negative, but simply awareness. And we are now aware of so much, globally, personally, internationally and privately – how to sort it all out is one of the main issues of our century. When everything is in existence, and comes into our awareness, we then have the opportunity to manage it, understand it, reflect on it or change it – and a myriad other responses and non-responses. We can also ignore – but conscious ignoring of something is sure different from simply not knowing, or non-awareness.
Selecting from the array is part of our freedom, and our responsibility is to then respond or create based on what we have selected. I know I am sounding pretty vague here, or in a kind of philosophical bubble – but I really feel that our freedom to choose and to express is the pivot point – personally and globally. Is that expression considered positive? sometimes. Is that expression considered negative? well, sometimes it is. I go with the pivot point within us that enables us to be aware of it all, that gives us our humanity.

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By: airdrie

airdrie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:37:32 +0000

Free Speech. If you love something, set it free…. could I sound any more corny?? I always hope that blogging will prevent future genocide etc., so I say “keep on writing/tweeting, whatever”..

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:33:13 +0000

Isabella, you beat me to the punch by quoting Jung. We ignore the shadow at our own expense; and some exclusive focus on the positive often only raises us high enough to make a fall that much more devastating when we’re confronted by this or that depth.

Also want to point out that the idea of “canceling out” is still evoking a negative cognitive frame (ref: cognitive linguist George Lakoff). Even when you negate a frame, you still evoke the frame; so you may want to really bear down and work on wording and intent.

I do agree, though, that most of us need to work on being more positive. Research on family life observed functional families having a 5:1 positive-to-negative interaction ratio, so I imagine that might be a good benchmark, but sadly it’s one that I am nowhere near.