Feb 12 2013: Fascinating experience. I too have had similar insights. For my job I do a lot of travelling by plane, and whenever turbulence hits I tend to get pretty nervous. But over time I am conditioning myself out of this response and I do it by following this line of reasoning:
What's the worst that can happen?
I will die.
So if I die, do I want to die terrified and unhappy? Or do I want to just accept it and go peacefully?
This actually then makes me think that the worst that could happen is I die being terrified, or I even waste my time being terrified when I'm not really going to die at all.
Grace if you wouldn't mind, could you please contact me as I would like to speak to you a bit more about this experience.
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Feb 11 2013: Thanks everyone so far for the great responses!
Leo, I mean any experience that has altered the way someone lives. It could be changing from positive to negative or vice versa, it could have changed someone's behaviour and actions, it could have even changed their personality. I am interested in how experience shapes us.
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What's the worst that can happen?
I will die.
So if I die, do I want to die terrified and unhappy? Or do I want to just accept it and go peacefully?
This actually then makes me think that the worst that could happen is I die being terrified, or I even waste my time being terrified when I'm not really going to die at all.
Grace if you wouldn't mind, could you please contact me as I would like to speak to you a bit more about this experience.
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I got your message and I just tried to reply to you but I don't know if it got through. As for allowing private messages, if you go to your account, then in the top right corner click 'Edit Main Profile', this will take you to another page and if you look at the preferences box on the right, check 'Yes' for 'Can other members contact you?'. Hopefully that should do the trick.
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. If you feel comfortable, would you mind sending me a private message with your email address? Your account cannot receive private messages and I would really like to contact you to find out more about your experience.
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Leo, I mean any experience that has altered the way someone lives. It could be changing from positive to negative or vice versa, it could have changed someone's behaviour and actions, it could have even changed their personality. I am interested in how experience shapes us.
Jamie