PROCESSING OUR OPINIONS
Today I escaped from anxiety.Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me,in my own perceptions—not outside.
—MARCUS AURELIUS
This chapter introduces four archetypal questions that are key to deconstructing our opinions. Any one or any combination of the four questions can help us unearth our underlying feelings and thoughts. Throughout the book they will be a consistent guide for transforming all four conversations.
The process of refining petroleum products is a useful analogy for understanding the processing of our private conversations. Petroleum products are manufactured from raw crude oil and other liquids formed ...
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