Association with the Wise

By Bodhi, Bhikkhu, Venerable

Book Id: WPLBN0000705001
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 9.64 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Association with the Wise
Author:	Bodhi, Bhikkhu, Venerable
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Excerpt: Contrary to certain psychological theories, the human mind is not a hermetically sealed chamber enclosing a personality unalterably shaped by biology and infantile experience. Rather, throughout life it remains a highly malleable entity continually remolding itself in response to its social interactions. Far from coming to our personal relationships with a fixed and immutable character, our regular and repeated social contacts implicate us in a constant process of psychological osmosis that offers precious opportunities for growth and transformation. Like living cells engaged in a chemical dialogue with their colleagues, our minds transmit and receive a steady barrage of messages and suggestions that may work profound changes even at levels below the threshold of awareness.