“What this means is that children, homemakers, executives, farmers, and long-living persons can all have high ego strength and good mental health if they possess the courage, humor, and flexibility of equilibrium between their rational and metaphoric minds.” IfsMindMeanChildrenPersonsLongEgoMental HealthRationalExecutivesGood ManFarmersFlexibilityEquilibriumHomemakerMetaphoric Author:Bob Samples
“Allow humans to be themselves and celebrate that selfness. Love the metaphoric mind and respect the rational. Nurture Motivation. Consider any attempt at communication appropriate. Celebrate the whole person.” MindHumansPersonsWholeMotivationCommunicationRationalCelebrateAppropriateMentorNurtureWhole PersonMetaphoric Author:Bob Samples
“The metaphoric mind includes rationality, linearity, and logic - for it created them. But like some children, the rational mind often seems embarrassed by the presence of its parents.” MindChildrenSeemsParentLogicRationalEmbarrassedRationalityMetaphoric Book:The metaphoric mind: a celebration of creative consciousness Source: The metaphoric mind: a celebration of creative consciousness
“When the body is urged to participate with the universe, it creates access routes for emotionality and intellectuality as well.” WellsBodyUniverseAccessRoutes Book:The metaphoric mind: a celebration of creative consciousness Source: The metaphoric mind: a celebration of creative consciousness
“Selfish is an exploitation of others for self; selfless is an exploitation of self for others. Both are extrinsic. ..... Selfness. When selfness prevails, the qualities of others are sometimes used for self and the qualities of self are often extended to others. The basic and key difference is that exploitation is never the object of the outcome.” SelfSometimesUsedDifferencesQualityObjectsKeysSelfishOutcomesSelflessExploitation Author:Bob Samples