| I've used this routine with great success. It is a DHV and comfort builder in one.
So basically, you start by asking if she thinks the world is generally in order or chaos.
Whatever her response is, you tell her that, though things might seem chaotic upon first glance, there is actually a perfect order to everything and most suffering in the world is caused by misunderstanding.
Say, "In actuality, love is all there is. And you might ask, 'How can that be if people murder and do bad things?' Well, the answer is that love has two diametrically opposed polarities. On the one side you have Charity and on the other side you have Selfishness. The love is still there it just becomes a question of who is the love given to...self or others? I'm not saying you have to believe everything the Bible says, but the King James Version uses the word 'Charity' everywhere that the word 'love' would be used. So this got me thinking, what is the opposite of charity? Selfishness! So selfishness would be sin, but that would just mean that you were withholding love from others and loving only yourself. I mean think about it, why does a person murder? Self-love. Selfishness. That's the best answer to that question I think I've ever encountered. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that there are two ways we can choose to act in any given situation: Lovingly or fearfully. Charitably or Selfishly. I'm a loving person and I think that loving others is the best thing I can do at any given time so I always try to be loving of others. It's just, like, my belief system."
That's the gist of it. I've successfully encouraged others to rethink the fundamental motivations of human behavior with this routine and it tends to lead to a feeling like they have learned something special and indeed secret about the function of life.
Try it. It's good conversation.
That's my $0.02 _________________ That's my $0.02
-Bluesy
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