Comments on: Falling down together http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/2010/01/falling-down-together/ NLP Training, Coaching, Hypnosis Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/2010/01/falling-down-together/comment-page-1/#comment-27 uberVU - social comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:25:24 +0000 http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/?p=180#comment-27 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by docphi1: Philip Blog: Falling Down Together http://bit.ly/coDayK.: Blog: Falling Down Together http://bit.ly/coDayK. http://bit.ly/aSm3X3... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: The Barking Unicorn http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/2010/01/falling-down-together/comment-page-1/#comment-26 The Barking Unicorn Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:48:27 +0000 http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/?p=180#comment-26 Kinda kills the Buddhist monastic community of sangha, where everyone has the same problem of suffering; and the Christian "Body of Christ," the community which shares the problem of being sinful. And yes, I have noticed that if one dares claim to have actually solved the problem which binds together members of these communities, one is told not to "think you're better than others" but to be the same as everyone else - have the problem or get out. Different, of course, is not always better; but better is always different. You can't be better by being the same. Kinda kills the Buddhist monastic community of sangha, where everyone has the same problem of suffering; and the Christian “Body of Christ,” the community which shares the problem of being sinful.

And yes, I have noticed that if one dares claim to have actually solved the problem which binds together members of these communities, one is told not to “think you’re better than others” but to be the same as everyone else – have the problem or get out.

Different, of course, is not always better; but better is always different. You can’t be better by being the same.

]]> By: Ruth Billheimer http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/2010/01/falling-down-together/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Ruth Billheimer Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:12:33 +0000 http://www.philcallaghan.co.uk/?p=180#comment-25 Very thought-provoking! It's nice to go against the conventional wisdom sometimes. I had some experience of this when I had cancer: I went on to the iVillage breast cancer forum, a fine group of brave women, don't get me wrong. But I couldn't do with all the cliche ideas being reinforced all the time - "we're fighting this" "we're on the cancer journey". No you're not, I wanted to say, you have a disease - get a grip! So my stay there was quite short-lived - as was the cancer, I'm pleased to say! Very thought-provoking! It’s nice to go against the conventional wisdom sometimes.
I had some experience of this when I had cancer: I went on to the iVillage breast cancer forum, a fine group of brave women, don’t get me wrong. But I couldn’t do with all the cliche ideas being reinforced all the time – “we’re fighting this” “we’re on the cancer journey”. No you’re not, I wanted to say, you have a disease – get a grip! So my stay there was quite short-lived – as was the cancer, I’m pleased to say!

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