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Originally Posted by calisushi810
We think about "liking" or "disliking" people, but the reality is everyone is shaped by their experiences and expectations ..sometimes the expectation to what we perceive to be our voice and the voice of others to be can be blurred. Take time to explore who you are, and realize other people are like you, doing their best and living their lives based on what they believe. Your similarities with others will amaze you, and you might begin thinking the problems that people have stem from the same type of place you own problems stem. An old maxim is to see the good in everyone , take it further, try to understand yourself and understand others , and the idea of like and dislikes might dissipate. You might begin seeing things in the light where you only have understanding without any haste or angst
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'Understanding' => 'appreciation' (of similarities or 'reasons' for something or someone being the way it of he or she
is) => '
loving' said thing or person
as a 'wonder-full' aspect of Life.
'
Liking' and 'disliking' are matters of personal
preference deriving from whether and how one thinks, feels and believes said something or someone as enhancing or amplifying or degrading and diminishing one's and/or others experiences of Life.
The two, 'liking' and 'loving' are non-identically but
each in its
own way (potentially)
functional ways of 'living'.
One
can 'like' and 'dislike'
without 'angst'
just as one
can 'love'
without 'angst'.
'Angst' is the 'devil'
here.