Sentences with phrase «centeredness by»

He purges us of our self - centeredness by providing a worthy center for our devotion.

The facilitator fosters group - centeredness by not playing «expert answer - man» or the usual teacher or leader roles.

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Of course, seeking the coming of this realm involves transcending self - centeredness, and the realm itself will certainly by characterized by this transcending, but the focus is on what happens to the world as a whole more than on the individual.

Most of us wear glasses fashioned in large part by our self - centeredness and self - defensiveness.

We do this, according to the pre-Reformation church, by intentionally adopting spiritual disciplines and practices that force a confrontation with entrenched self - centeredness.

This does not mean that there is a point at which accommodation and neutrality converge (although there may be); it means only that as time and cases go by, the state - centeredness of what we are bold to call religious freedom is more and more apparent, and the pressure on religionists to conform to the expectations of others grows and grows, with the inevitable complicity of the judges who supposedly protect religion's «right» to be free.

If I can never adequately state the significance of my relationships with those whom I love in this world, or give a neat description of how I can overcome the alienation and estrangement of myself from another, or describe with any fullness what it means to be accepted by another and loved in spite of my deficiencies and my self - centeredness, I can never state in other than symbolic idiom the opening of further human possibilities with the overcoming of human deficiencies in my relationship with God — a relationship that has been broken by my willfulness and sin.

As group - centeredness grows, dependence on the leader decreases and the functions of the leader are gradually taken over by the group.

On the other hand lies the possibility of Christian love — a love that uniquely transcends self - centeredness in a genuine concern for the other, untainted by concern for its consequences for the lover.

Systemic suffering and social malfunctioning, therefore, are caused by human greed, self - centeredness, an illusion about power and control, racism, sexism, imperialism, ethnocentrism, and other factors.

This is why a little child, even though self - centered by nature, is not a sinner, and sin is «original» only in the sense that the natural self - centeredness of childhood, if uncurbed, becomes sinful as the individual matures to the point of responsible decision.

No works of love are Christian unless they are God - centered, but no God - centeredness is truly Christian unless one is impelled by it to attitudes and to works of love toward one's fellow men.

For «law - abiding citizens» this does not generally require the penalties of the law to be invoked, though one need only to ask himself how far his driving is affected by known traffic regulations, or his income - tax filing by fear of penalties, to realize the degree to which the law is in the background as a restraint to his self - centeredness.

, Peter Parker is hindered by his cockiness and self - centeredness, and the movie addresses those flaws by exploring the identity crisis of being a teenager rather than through the villainous Vulture.

Men and women through the ages have also spoken of a reorientation of one's life in which, at least partially, anxiety and internal conflict can be replaced by an inner unity and sense of direction; self - defensiveness and pretense by the ability to look at oneself honestly; self - centeredness and alienation from other people by a new capacity for genuine concern; and guilt and insecurity by a sense of God's forgiveness and acceptance.

When we then ask by what means self - centeredness has been destroyed, the answer seems to be related to the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Self - centeredness is the attempt by man to hold fast to that which he knows and fears will pass away.

It is the demand inscribed into infinitely aspiring human nature by the Creator; its perversion in idolatry, hostility and self - centeredness is the heart of man's tragedy; its reconstruction, redirection and empowerment is redemption from evil.

Human spirituality can be either true or false - either related to the ultimate meaning and fulfillment of life revealed in Christ or simply created by people in their self - centeredness and rejection of God, and therefore idolatrous.

This is what a Scottish divine once called «the expulsive power of a new affection,» by which we are redeemed from the sort of self - centeredness that gives us our sin.

By providing us with One whom we may love and serve without reservation, Christ delivers us from self centeredness, that turning - in upon ourselves which is the root - meaning of human sin.

By providing the deliverance from self - centeredness, Christ opens up to us possibilities never known to us before.

The second component in surrender is a desperate leap toward trustful relationships to fill the void left by the now - empty pattern of distance from people and self - centeredness.

Tawney said that the man who «seeks God apart from his brethren is likely not to find God, but rather the devil, whose face will bear a surprising resemblance to his own» That is, unless we broaden our perspective and correct our idiosyncrasies by sharing with our human brethren, we are in peril of conceiving God simply as ourselves writ large, with all our peculiarities, self - centeredness, and imperfection.

But in very substantial degree, the dismantling of the social - welfare system undertaken by the Reagan administration with the blessing of fundamentalist preachers and their followers reflects the atrophy of the ethical conscience and the growth of self - centeredness, the hubris of the successful and their scorn for those less adept at «making it.»

You can use infant massage techniques, diet change, warm baths, bicycle leg exercises, and rehydration to battle baby constipation... but in your situation I truly do think it's emotional and caused by unintentional potty - centeredness.

By comparison, the issues of Hank's wife Marie (Betsy Brandt), which include self - centeredness and kleptomania, never seem big enough to mind her being kept on the fringe.

Unified by an egotistical self - centeredness that marks them as patently ridiculous, when called upon to prove themselves, these loud men also turn out to be true to their not - so - humblebragging word.

Leaders can interrupt the test - centeredness cycle by refocusing the conversation on deeper goals and a critical understanding of the tools we use to get at those goals.

As he drifts ever closer to permanent, alienating self - centeredness, he's kidnapped by a team of secret agents who find him through his prowess in his favorite video game, Mindwar.

As Robert Raczka, Professor of Art and Gallery Director at Allegheny College, has put it, «The beauty that Kyoung Ae Cho's work attains is a source of considerable pleasure as well as a locus of attention promoting a feeling of centeredness in the viewer — an experience that continues to be desired by many though it is increasingly rare in a culture spinning with information and spectacle.»

Citation: «Reciprocal Influences Between Loneliness and Self - Centeredness: A Cross Lagged Panel Analysis in a Population - Based Sample of African American, Hispanic and Caucasian Adults,» by John T. Cacioppo, Hsi - Yuan Chen and Stephanie Cacioppo.