Please explain...
2007-07-09 03:36:46 · 18 answers · asked by shakalahar 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Look in your mailbox, MD; I think we were writing at the same time!
These are really great answers, people.... :) You have totally made my day..
2007-07-09 04:11:22 · update #1
I mean DM!
2007-07-09 04:12:43 · update #2
I see it as strengthening. If you have self-control, you are able to focus your effort. Otherwise, your effort is all splayed in all directions, and often works against itself.
It is similar to trimming bushes or fruit trees to get them to focus their energy in the direction you want. If you have an orange tree, they suggest you cut off a few oranges. The plant will redirect that energy into the remaining fruit, making them bigger and yummier.
2007-07-09 03:46:52 · answer #1 · answered by Blearg 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Liberating! When I have self control, I am freed of the bondage of compulsion and obsession. Self control = healthy boundaries. A child with a fenced in yard has the freedom of being able to play without the fear or reality of being hit by a car. With self control, I am like an adult rather than an adolescent or child. I am putting healthy limits on something so I am free to enjoy it.
PS - not EVERYTHING in moderation for me. I can't drink alcohol or do drugs or smoke, because I'm addicted to it all.
2007-07-09 10:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by bornagain2003 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Without it, you are a loaded gun, a hammer looking for something to nail, an accident waiting to happen - - we all MUST have control of our selves or this world would be total chaos. If your control of your self constricts you, you need to adjust something somewhere - just make sure you do not hurt or involve anyone else when you adjust.
2007-07-09 10:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by BikerChick 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Liberating in the sense that being well mannered, patient, easy going, and also having experience in having control over situations that one may come across is always a plus no matter where one may go in life!
YAY
2007-07-09 10:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by white_painted_lady 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great question, and some really great answers .... which restricts me from being very original, but no matter. Someone said something like "If I am not in control, then someone else must be" That's the truth of it for me. :-))
How's the Harley thing going ?
2007-07-09 10:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Constrictingly Liberating...
Liberatingly Constricting...
When you liberate yourself of one thing, you constrict yourself of its opposite. I believe we are in a constant flux between the two... never ending.
2007-07-09 19:15:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to choose - both!
I am very spontaneous, creative, and am not prone to "self control"
I cannot create from that place.
But - when I have a specific in mind, or want to focus, meditate, to be able to apply utter control when needed is a tremendous thing.
It is not my tendency, but I have developed it within myself, and appreciate it's benefits.
2007-07-09 14:34:06 · answer #7 · answered by cosmicshaktifire? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Liberating. . . .if I do not have self control then I am giving the power of myself over to others. I use to get upset and flip out over things that bothered me. Once I learned that I can not control everything that happens, but I can control how I react to it. I took the power of me back. =)
2007-07-09 10:41:14 · answer #8 · answered by sparkles9 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
Liberating. Once we understand that the causes and conditions of things, the things themselves (including thoughts and actions) don't really bring us ultimate happiness, cultivation of a calmer mind that doesn't cling and grasp nor have aversions (i.e. equanimity) is much happier.
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2007-07-09 12:11:18 · answer #9 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An undisciplined life is not worth living...think of the results of such a life!
2007-07-09 10:41:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jed 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋