But if they can grasp the separation of tasks, they will notice that they are holding all the cards.
This is a new way of thinking. YOUTH: So due to your changing, did your father change too?
PHILOSOPHER: I did not change in order to change my father. That is an erroneous notion of trying to manipulate another person.
Even if I change, it is only “I” who changes. I do not know what will happen to the other person as a result,
and that is not an aspect I can take part in. This too is the separation of tasks.
Of course, there are times when, in tandem with my change—not due to my change—the other person changes too.
In many cases, that person will have no choice but to change.
But that is not the goal, and it is certainly possible that the other person will not change.
In any case, changing one’s own speech and conduct as a way of manipulating other people is clearly a mistaken way of thinking.
YOUTH: One must not manipulate other people, and manipulating cannot be done.
PHILOSOPHER: When we speak of interpersonal relationships, it always seems to be two-person relationships
and one’s relationship to a large group that come to mind, but first it is oneself.
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