Second night: All problems are interpersonal relationships problem. You just lack courage…courage to be happy.” “Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. “The important thing is not what one is born with, but what use one makes of that equipment.” “People are not driven by past causes, but move towards goals that they themselves set…” “…self being is determined not by our experiences themselves, but by the meaning we give them.” The book is presented as a dialogue spread across five nights where the two participants talk about: We only need to focus on now and present. For instance, Freud and Jung believed that the past effects future, the Trauma Theory, however, Adler propagated past has no effect to future. Freud and Jung focused on result, while Adler focused on process and purpose. Adler was a contemporary of Freud and Jung, but he claimed a different stance than that of Freud and Jung. The book is based largely on theories of Alfred Adler and is structured as a dialogue between a philosopher and a youth. It is traditionally drawn using only one brushstroke as a meditative practice in letting go of the mind and allowing the body to create, as the singular brushstroke allows for no modifications. For the uninitiated, Enso is a sacred symbol in Zen Buddhism meaning circle, or sometimes, circle of togetherness. The cover of the book has a red Enso symbol drawn on it, or so I thought once I first picked up the book.
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