The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
The Healthy Management of Reality - Stanford University
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To continue with the example: If our internal reality involves a greateramount <strong>of</strong> felt warmth and caring, we are more likely to share that feltwarmth and caring with others. We are more likely to become the kind <strong>of</strong>person who notices others and shows by our actions that we value those withwhom we work. Though each <strong>of</strong> our individual interactions may be a smallpart <strong>of</strong> our workplace, the combined effect <strong>of</strong> multiple contacts can amplifytheir impact. As the day progresses, the total amount <strong>of</strong> warmth and caringin our workplace will be greater or lesser depending on whether each <strong>of</strong> usfocuses on and passes on the warm greeting or the disdainful one. Bysculpting our internal reality, we will have begun to sculpt our externalreality.Small acts <strong>of</strong> managing our internal reality can lead to gradual improvementor deterioration <strong>of</strong> our external reality. Acts that improve our world are referred toin this book as "the healthy management <strong>of</strong> reality."<strong>The</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> this book is to consider the possibilities and the implications<strong>of</strong> the concept <strong>of</strong> the healthy management <strong>of</strong> reality. We begin by laying out some<strong>of</strong> the basic ideas, illustrating each with an example. <strong>The</strong>n we examine how theseideas could be used in day-to-day life. We examine how they can first be testedwithin our own mind, within our internal reality. We then proceed to how theycould be practiced so that they affect our objective reality, that is, how we lead ourdaily lives.HMOR.July2005.Muñoz.doc 15