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But the field of psychology is still preoccupied with self-preoccupation. Too often it teaches us to do what we already do too well—pay attention to ourselves. In the course of exploring our pain, our worries, our feelings, and our dreams we forego the development of a more needed skill—to notice and engage in the world around us. Without practice, these muscles atrophy.
A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness
Gregg Krech
Once the 'bourgeois revolution' had cleared the ground of awkward obstacles like the peasantry, the artisans, common land, local cultures and traditions, family and home life, a sense of history and mutual obligation, and religions which preached against wealth and wordly power, then the captains and priests of the Machine could get on with the work they were made for, the work of our time, the holy effort to which all human will, skill and energy is now bent: making money.
There are hundreds of ways to use the ACE formula. And keep in mind, you don’t have to stick to the sequence above: Acknowledge → Connect → Engage. Some people find it works better to first Connect with their body, and then to Acknowledge what’s going on inside, and then to Engage in what they’re doing.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
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