Our
emotions are not who we are just as our thoughts are not who we are.
How we choose to respond to them or for that matter not to respond to
them is closer to who we are. Our thoughts and emotions do represent
us and is how others experience us or for that matter how we
experience ourselves. They are a cumulative result of all the choices
we have ever made. However, as long as we are alive and thus have the
power to choose we also have the power to cancel the impact of all
that we have come to be.
I saw the movie for the umpteenth time last night and I finally got it. This is what the movie says: 1) In every game and con there is always a victim and there is always an opponent. It's good to know when you are the former so you can become the latter. 2) But the question is how do you prepare yourself for this game? 3) You only get smater by playing a smarter opponent. 4) The smarter the game the smarter the opponent 5) Checkers is an example of such a game. Chess is a better game. Debate is an even better opportunity to learn and so on. 6) But the question is where does the game stop? or one can ask what is the smartest game one can play? 7) The answer according to the movie is: "The game of con you play with yourself". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The text below has been added on 3 Dec 2008 and is based on a comment posted on October 30, 2008, at time 4:12 PM. I have only recently understood what this person meant an...
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