Lauren has helped me to recognize destructive habits and
thought patterns as well as their potential causes.
We can already see the beginnings of the application of such knowledge in using scanning technologies to diagnose schizophrenia and to detect subtle racist or sexist
thought patterns as well as in implant surgery to treat parkinsonism and in the emergence of drugs such as Ritalin and Ambien.
It could be the result of a life changing experience,
a thought pattern as you described, etc..
AKB are so delusional that they make labels like AOB as they think that normal fans have the same
thinking patterns as them.
Mary has been a great fit, as she has many of the same realistic
thinking patterns as Dr Burroughs, -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Studying storms such
as this and comparing them to similar events on other planets (
think Jupiter's Great Red Spot) help scientists better understand weather
patterns throughout the solar system, even here on Earth.
We begin to stop negative
thought and behavioral
patterns when we begin to accept and learn from the past rather than use it
as a basis to negatively judge ourselves.
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.
«Having this realization didn't mean I needed to wallow in every unhelpful habit and self - destructive
pattern; it meant that I could stop
thinking about «bad» traits
as if they were alien, loathsome flaws that I had to stamp out entirely,» she wisely writes.
We continue to get major support around the 16.20 level
as we have bounced off that area every single time and I
think we are in the longer term bottoming out
pattern.
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.
If you can't see the
pattern here, then you aren't
as smart
as you
think you are.
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.
I
think if you grow up steeped in something, it makes sense if the «something» will be evident in
patterns in your work
as an adult.
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's recounted
as one incident (told twice), but scholars
think it was likely a
pattern in which he antagonized the priests and attempted to take more power than they wanted him to have.
If it was isolated, I
think we could say it wasn't intended
as malicious, but where there's a repeated
pattern, or just continued denial over an extended period, I
think we are quite justified in describing the behavior
as malicious and intentional.
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.
I
think it is important to see this «LEAVING»
as much bigger than «Church» — it is a universal phenomena with similar
patterns no matter which domain.
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.
Thinking about theological education
as a participation in the symbolic will include the construction and engagement in present and future symbolic
patterns as well
as understanding and interpreting symbolic
thought in past centuries.
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.
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.
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.