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Originally Posted by roseblossom
I found the list of needs, and also a list of feelings, on the site really really helpful - like a whole vocabulary that I would like to be able to learn and which helps me articulate what I'd like in life and which direction to go in. I'd only gleaned bits of it before. I wish that I had known this to work on when I was in my twenties.
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I'm glad you are finding it as meaningful and helpful as I have. This is what we "should" grow up learning about, instead of dogma and the art of stuffing down feelings (which is what I got). Not that my parents were extremely rigid or anything, but if we don't examine our assumptions, they do tend to ossify and transform our lives without the chance of us choosing our intentions.
Rosenberg's stuff is some of the most valuable I have read. I like that it is
practical, as shown by it being the basis of real negotiations in the real political world, not just a bunch of theory and strange psychic postulates that don't match up to reality. We get to pick and choose which values are meaningful to us.
Thanks again for your reply.