greeneyesandnotes Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Hi everybody, It's nice to take part and/or be involved in a community that discusses philosophy in such an open and interesting way. I'm reading through RTR at the moment and it is an eye opener in many ways. Don't know if this happened with any of you guys but I find myself applying the ideas to everyday scenarios with family and friends. It's like part of me feels compelled to be more thorough and rational now that I've recognised the ideas described. Additionally I'm seeing the examples and mythologies mentioned in RTR demonstrated vividly in real life by people. A dispute of the Jeremy Kyle Show today showed the mythologies and scenarios of RTR and my mind was truly blown. Be nice to know you! All the best everyone 2
Anuojat Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Welcome to the boards! FYI, councidentally i got a friend from wales! PS. RTR is one hell of a book... for life yet untested or unexamined.
Renaissance Man Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Welcome to the community! I suggest also reading "The Six Pillars of Self Esteem" by Nathaniel Branden. RTR was greatly influenced by the work of Branden; reading some of his work greatly complements Stefs. 1
RyanT Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Hey welcome to the community mate, always glad to see more UK members Yeah RTR completely blew my mind, just something as simple as just honestly stating 'I felt really upset when you just said that' rather than jumping straight to 'you really upset when you just said that'. and 'This is exactly like saying: “I need a form of transportation,” then spending years testing various makes of cars and researching all the alternatives, and then finally purchasing a car – and then, when you get it home, standing in front of it and exclaiming: “Excellent, now I’m going to turn this thing into a boat!” That one really resonated with me. We have two meet-up groups in England if you're interested, feel free to join the Facebook groups and check them out London https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438425056435291/ Northern England https://www.facebook.com/groups/815773255135016/
greeneyesandnotes Posted July 25, 2015 Author Posted July 25, 2015 Thanks to everyone that replied to me. I had a sinking feeling that it would just be my post on there standing in the virtual wind, rain and sunlight. Anuojat - You have a welsh friend...I'm so sorry Wil Otter - I may check out the Branden book. Cheers. RyanT - Thanks Ryan. I saw that you help organise meet up groups. Good times. Gotta say though; shame they're rather low or non-existent in Wales! Yes RTR is really providing me those kind of moments. I am really taken my time with it because the ideas sort of resonate.
Kurtis Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Welcome to the boards! I find myself applying the ideas to everyday scenarios with family and friends. It's like part of me feels compelled to be more thorough and rational now that I've recognised the ideas described. Stef often talks about how philosophy is not the knowledge, but acting on this knowledge to change ourselves and the world around us (well, he says it much more eloquently). Happy to see you are applying what you are learning to your everyday life, that takes courage!
greeneyesandnotes Posted August 6, 2015 Author Posted August 6, 2015 Cheers Kurtis. Lol it's a working progress!
TBUK Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 Hi. I'm in cardiff good to know I'm not the lone freedomain radio listener in wales Tobie
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