CBT is a short - term, goal - oriented treatment modality that aims to shift negative
patterns of thinking as well as change problem behaviors.
One way of describing Dr. Altizer's effort is to say that he recognizes that Gnosticism, as flight from reality into a private religious world (or ideological world), is the great temptation or even treason of today, and that to combat this threat he has boldly adopted a typically Gnostic
pattern of thought as the vehicle for expressing total commitment in and for the world.
Not exact matches
Google is continuously improving their customer experience, and their technology has them approaching the
thought patterns of actual users, however, this means that our jobs
as brand managers and promoters will continue to become more complicated
as time passes.
With A.I.'s ability to learn human speech
patterns (
think of Siri or Google's Cortana), and adaptability to human wants and needs,
as well
as their living habits (
think Alexa or the Google Home), Elon Musk is firm in his conviction that A.I. will only bring destruction.
The important point for Schwartz here is not simply that modified
thoughts and behaviors permanently altered
patterns of brain activity, but that such modifications resulted from,
as he calls it, «mindful attention» — conscious and purposive
thoughts or actions in which the agent adopts the stance
of a detached observer.
Jesus» invocation
of the Biblical sequence from Abel to Zechariah [Luke 11:51] can be seen
as both an anticipation
of the rise
of the codex and a commendation
of that technology, or
of the
patterns of thought that it supports.
The Enlightenment belief that logical
thinking and education alone, without any consideration
of other factors apart from ignorance such
as the survival instinct and clinical cognitive dysfunction in the formation
of behavior
patterns, can solve all
of our individual and social ills is the fundamental heresy
of the Enlightenment philosophy.
All
of this may be viewed
as corrective to the Reformation and something
of a reversion to Catholic
patterns of thought.
For now, I only wish to point out how easy it is to
think of occasions
as mini-things in close association rather than
as interrelated energy - events requiring a context or field for their ongoing structure or
pattern.
It was just
as disruptive
as it had been in the eighteenth century, marked by the appearance
of previously unknown words and ideologemes, the phrases and
thought patterns that are building blocks
of ideological systems.
There is considerable diversity in the theological outlook, conceptions, and terminology
of the New Testament writers;
as Canon Streeter pointed out, there are at least seven distinct theologies or
patterns of theological
thinking in the New Testament.
But in the present time, altogether too many
of us may know or
think we know the original quite well, but yet do not know the language into which we are to translate; hence the gospel
as preached is preached to ears that do not and can not hear, because they are ears that are attuned to a quite different set
of conditions,
patterns of thought, and ways
of conceiving the universe.
Young people whose
pattern of thinking is historical and secular no longer find the traditional explanations
of belief
as formulated in the context
of a static universe significant and meaningful.
* There are common verbal devices used for structuring memory, such
as:
thinking memorable
thoughts; use
of mnemonic, heavily rhythmic and balanced
patterns; use
of frequent repetitions or antitheses, alliterations and assonances; use
of epithetic, formulaic, proverbial sayings; use
of standard thematic settings
First, let us put ourselves into the evolutionary
pattern of thinking by briefly recalling the ontological dimensions
of reality -
as - process
as shown in the diagram below:
Nygren gives an important suggestion about the history
of doctrine when he says that the Church Fathers were saved from falling completely into a Greek
pattern of thought by the three biblical assertions
of Creation, Incarnation, and Resurrection.32 But rather than conclude,
as Nygren does, that these themes require us to reject all metaphysics, why not say that they require us to reconsider our metaphysics?
I
think not
as I look at the evolution
of civilized man seems to follow a very consistant
pattern of constant impovement at some level.
Those regularly involved with ideas who regard themselves
as without ideology, without some general
pattern (s)
of analysis out
of which they make sense
of experience, need either to
think more deeply or — more likely — to stop fooling themselves.
He was definitely a nonconformist in a lot
of ways (the things he said and taught were pretty radical), though he was also the biggest conformist in all
of history if you
think about him being the only person to perfectly abide by the law and conform to the
pattern of humanity
as God originally intended.
But more important are the changing
patterns and attitudes
of campus life, the enormously increased and still increasing numbers
of young people who are on campuses, and the various kinds
of movements that combine to make young people
think of religion and the church
as false, traditional, or irrelevant.
Although even then I recognized that there were unrealistically alarmist elements in Ehrlich's book, it was clear to me that I could not continue to
think and act
as if the basic
patterns of our global life were tolerable.
Conversely, Christian theology today can be enriched by recovering an understanding
of and reverence for God's Jewish name,
as the foundation
of one indispensable
pattern of naming along with the two others that have always played a necessary role in Christian worship and
thought.
The enduring objects that have given rise to our
thinking of substances can be understood
as complex societies
of such events that maintain a constant
pattern over a long period
of time.
In the following three chapters I will analyse a paradigm
as «a tradition embodied in historical exemplars» and show how it dominates the
patterns of life and
thought of a scientific or a religious community.
If we follow the
patterns of thought set forth in the Bible, it must be seen
as a presence in the mode
of promise and not an exhaustive presence that leaves no room for further manifestations
of an incalculable future.
Yes, I do
think scripture gives us reason to
think the misery
of hell varies in quality
as well
as intensity, depending on the
patterns and kinds
of sin committed.
[16] Although he
thinks that his view is like Aquinas»
of the soul
as the form
of the body, Aquinas did not
think that this
pattern is dissolved with the death
of the body
as Polkinghorne does.
Rick the more i
think about it we are to live
as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful
patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas
of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because
of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just
as he would want you to be.
As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one
as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz
But I believe that the goal
of relevance is not going to be achieved
as long
as professional theologians (both transcendentalists and immanentists) do not adopt the processive outlook and
pattern of thinking.
Any
pattern of thought that in any way abstracts God «himself» from this person, from his death or his career or his birth or his family or his Jewishness or his maleness or his teaching or the particular intercession and rule he
as risen now exercises, has, according to Nicea, no place in the church.
In the effort to give objectivity to theological talk and thus autonomy to theology, the only recourse for theologians,
as long
as they were bound by the static
pattern of thinking and its logic
of meaning, was to distinguish theology spatially from science.
Wherever Islam has gone, among whatever people, it has carried certain
patterns of thinking and acting which have molded the total culture
of the people into what is distinctly recognizable
as Islamic.
Recently, the catastrophist narrative has become more sophisticated and formidable, seeing Luther and the Reformers
as setting in motion the
patterns of thought and behavior that have led to the moral and political chaos we now see all around us.
I don't know about you, but I would believe the people who study the human mind,
thoughts, and behavior (i.e. psychologists and sociologists), over someone who says there's some spooky external agent that no one can possibly verify the existence
of, and which has no consistent
pattern of action with which to use
as evidence for verification.
In contrast to the aesthetic order implicit in Kukai's view
of nature and contemporary science and process
thought, the «logical order»
of mainline Christianity characterized by Ames assumes: (1) preassigned
patterns of relatedness, a blueprint» wherein unity is prior to plurality, and plurality is a «fall» from unity; (2) values concrete particularity only to the degree it mirrors this preassigned
pattern of relatedness; (3) reduces particulars to only those aspects needed to illustrate the given
pattern, which necessarily entails moving away from concrete particulars toward the universal; (4) interprets nature
as a closed system
of predetermined specifications, and therefore reducible to quantitative description; (5) characterizes being
as necessity, creativity
as conformity, and novelty
as defect; and (6) views «rightness»
as the degree
of conformity to preassigned
patterns (NAT 116).
Characterizing world consciousness
as «a very high level abstraction which has affected the
thought patterns of an individual or
of a society» (p. 5), Regan goes on to show how for Whitehead the approximation to world consciousness and the development
of religion are parallel.
Yet
as one
thinks of persons he knows to be unmistakably Christian, a certain
pattern and quality
of life are distinguishable, more readily discerned by acquaintance than defined in words, which give meaning and content to the term «personal Christian living.»
Not only that, the newly planted younger churches have also absorbed ethnic factors, such
as language, dialect, custom, habit, tradition, life attitude,
thought pattern, way
of thinking, music, dance, visual art, etc..
The charge
of pragmatism may be justified insofar
as Jesuits are inclined to adopt what is true or valuable in the
thought patterns of their context
as an entry point for the Church's mission
of evangelization.
Now one might expect that this
pattern of interpretation would have been retained by Paul, if historical — that is, if set forth by Jesus himself or found in the earliest tradition
of his sayings or expounded in the early church — or one might even
think it possible that Mark derived from Paul some hint
of this system
of exegesis
of the Old Testament and
of interpretation
of the career
of Jesus
as a heavenly being appearing upon earth prior to his exaltation and his dying (
as a heavenly being) upon the cross, though unrecognized in his true nature until the Resurrection.
After trying so long to
think of events
as simply the product
of matter in motion, it is time to
think of matter
as a
pattern of events.
Another factor which emphasized this
pattern of thought was the desire
of the individual Israelite, if he was to have any immortality, to have it
as a member
of the Messianic kingdom on earth.
In the earlier books I
think he did hold that the passage
of nature was a process in which there was an energy flow in which
patterns were reiterated
as it passed on from one stage to another.
The people
of India would never refer to their religious faith and practices
as Hinduism except
as a concession to Western
thought, for the Western label implies a
pattern of beliefs and practices which is alien to their way
of life.
A lot
of his language about objects, or «eternal objects» ingressing into the process, sounds Platonic,
as though they came from «outside,» but I
think there is more possibility
of a tenable interpretation if we take it that one
patterned event passes on into another either by repetition or modification.
The unique structure
of any crystal is the result
of what we might
think of as the «shape»
of its atoms (or ions), which causes them to slot into a particular position and to layer themselves in a fixed, orderly
pattern.
If current research upon the New Testament kerygma serves to draw attention to the historicity
of the proclaimed word
of God,
as treasure in such earthen vessels
as Jewish or Hellenistic
thought patterns, research upon Jesus» message would serve formally to draw attention to the flesh
of the incarnation.
Although Paul's theology was destined to be the dominant model for all later Christian
thinking, it is fortunate that the New Testament preserves for us some other embryonic theological
patterns, notably the Johannine writings which go so far
as to express this theology in the form
of speeches attributed to Jesus.
Now the theological considerations leading to the rejection
of the original quest
as illegitimate correspond formally to the general
pattern of existentialistic
thought in our day.
And
as for the general character
of thought —
patterns peculiar to such groups, a collective or social imagination, or what Castoriadis calls a «social instituting imaginary,» may be needed to explain the differences between cultures and their peculiar destinies (RI 149).