It is believed (and as explained in the Bhagavad Gita ) that the real nature of our self is Soul (Atma). We are souls and not this body. We have two self or ego- false ego that is being nurtured by the upbringing process and has to do with all identifications and experiences in this material world (also understood as illusion) and true self is our soul which never dies, but transfers from one body to another (pointed to the concept of reincarnation). Thank you for these sessions. Insightful. Lots of love to my TEAM-CBT family, blessings!!

Thank you for this 3rd subject on philosophy. I really enjoyed your interesting discussion on spirituality. I guess I have questions, by curiosity : what is "spirituality" for you, and where does it come from, and what would be the difference between spirituality and an idea of God as Love?

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It is so great watching you. Thank you for the teachings. And please continue with the videos.

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I feel sad for David in regards to his relationship with his father. He obviously had a bad experience with Christianity because of him. TEAM CBT has been great for me, but so has Christianity. The latter can be twisted by others unfortunately, but when I personally realized GOD IS LOVE, everything David had said before about worthiness, self-worth, etc finally made sense. I don't have to worry myself with impressing the world or impressing myself. God loves me as I am, forgives me when I err and will always be there. There is nothing in this world to be worried about in actuality. Absolutely Nothing.

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Hi, I watched a video earlier David, on your new book Feeling Great on PESIinc. You were talking about negative distortions causing anxiety and depression and positive distortions causing things like addiction, violence, relationship and marital conflict and narcissism. My daughter is showing signs of narcissism. She's now 32 and it became apparent once she married and had children. She left her husband soon after the marrying and having children and started to have the philosophy of only positive thinking. I don't think she allowed any negative into her life from that point onwards. This, I believe, has lead to her grandiose feelings of importance and manipulation tactics. If my theory is right, it would be possible for her to correct her positive distortions, just the same as someone could change their negative distortions, wouldn't it? She is actually seeing a psychologist now so I'm hoping the I might eventually see some change in her but the key thing is, I think, that she will have to want to change. I guess that depends on what her goals are, doesn't it? Because if her narcissism is working for her, getting her to the places she wants to be, she's unlikely to want to change her distortions, even if she recognises them. By the way, I'm 59 yrs old, female and just found out I've got Asperger's Syndrome. My special interest is psychology! 😂

I cannot be more enthusiastic about you covering spirituality in light of TCBT. IMO psychological therapy should be informed by the most up-to-date, that is rational and scientifically informed world-view. Recommended read with regards to this: Rationalist Spirituality: An Exploration of the Meaning of Life and Existence Informed by Logic and Science by Bernardo Kastrup Thanks for these discussions!

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I am so excited to see this favorite title on free will . It is a concept that requires some exposure to quantum physics , thomas young's double slit experiments etc.which i gained over time. After reading all those , finally i started with what david had earlier advocated. what is your problem? what do you want? let us talk about that rather than discussing whether free will is there or not. We have to accept the principles of " free will within predetermination" It is not this OR that but this AND that . The implications get so complicated that I have to think that : I will have to exercise my will to the maximum extent while knowing that all things will happen the way it has to happen. the only problem is I will never ever be able to know the future without utilising my efforts. Some time the implications of this will come to the conclusion that Nature or god or Universe is unfair. I really have to interview god to know . The spiritual and scientific lessons I have learnt over time simple is insufficient to get the answers i want to know. But we human beings simply do not have the senses to know timelessness, infinity , and the mystery of creation as long as we live.

hello I just saw the previous video on self before seeing this video. i had a comment made in it and I am copying the same in this also

Hello ! this comment is directed to Dr David burns. I saw the title of the video about Self. I remember his thrilling highly enlightening discussion on the principle of " language out of gear" ( words like real , unreal, free will , self worth etc.) .This was way back in around 2001 or so. those discussions happened in the internet in his Ask david q and a section. Internet was just getting to reach out all over the world. He had talked about his Ludwigg wittgenstein, Memoirs of ludwigg book written by malcolm . Those series of discussions immunised me very much from being affected by philosophical and psychological sickness of meaningless words that appear to have meaning. I think those discussions are still there in the net. I had saved those discussions and used to read them often. Over time there were so many other tons of materials and interesting stuff to read that I have a hard time seaching where those discussions were saved. I felt that David could publish them in a chapter in one his books. The concepts were absolutely fascinating. I wonder if Dr David remembers those conversations .

Hello ! this comment is directed to Dr David burns. I saw the title of the video about Self. I remember his thrilling highly enlightening discussion on the principle of " language out of gear" ( words like real , unreal, free will , self worth etc.) .This was way back in around 2001 or so. those discussions happened in the internet in his Ask david q and a section. Internet was just getting to reach out all over the world. He had talked about his Ludwigg wittgenstein, Memoirs of ludwigg book written by malcolm .He talked about words like real, unreal , free will, worth etc. Those series of discussions immunised me very much from being affected by philosophical and psychological sickness of meaningless words that appear to have meaning. I think those discussions are still there in the net. I had saved those discussions and used to read them often. Over time there were so many other tons of materials and interesting stuff to read that I have a hard time seaching where those discussions were saved. I felt that David could publish them in a chapter in one his books. The concepts were absolutely fascinating. I wonder if Dr David remembers those conversations .

Could we get down to the tribal roots of self? Everyone saying my God my flag my country? Do we have the same mantra in the graveyard, we are so deeply rooted in conditioning for time immemorial 😮Money is their God wrapped up in...

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Dr. David D. Burns, I am a reader of 'Feeling Good' and 'Feeling Great' in Korea. You may have heard expressions of gratitude many times, and it might not be as impactful to you. However, I want you to know that you have changed my life, and I am profoundly grateful beyond words. I wish you happiness and good health.

Good to have Fabrice back. Regarding your books I have a question. I have trouble holding myself accountable doing the exercises in the book. Do you have any advice on how to prioritize doing the homework and being disciplined with it? How did other depressed people got better using your books? I already filled out multiple notebooks but appear to be stuck. Any help appreciated!

Thank you for this video on this topic, it was very clear to me! It's a shame that this chapter of your Feeling Great book was removed, because to me this philosophical point is one important tool (among the many techniques that you propose) to get read of negative thinking, and to heal. What you said about the DSM is refreshing, and I agree with it. So, you said schizophrenia and bipolar1 are mental disorders, and you explained why, but what would be the third: psychopathy? It woul be nice if you do another video where you dig on this. Your voice on it is really important. What the APA is doing is really concerning. Other psychatrists disagree with this business of labelling people. And you're right, it's detrimental to human beings. There is another psychological concept that you didn't talk about, but who looks similar to the "self", which is the "personality". What is your take on it, the same or different? Lastly, now in the spiritual domain, is the notion of the soul the same for you than the "self"? Or, in your opinion, could it be a possibility of an essential part of us which links us all to the Spirit, to spirituality? Looking forward to watching the other philosophical videos!

Hmm. Not sure about this. Why wouldn't your self change if you lost a limb? You'd have to live life differently. You'd always be aware that you once had a limb and now don't. People would treat you differently, comment on your missing limb, etc. The missing limb would now be part of your identity, right? Having a mole removed is insignificant compared to losing a whole limb, but even that would change you some small bit. You might feel more attractive and confident, for example. Furthermore, who says a self is static? It's not that consciousness is your self. It's that a self is a thing that may or may not be conscious, or in one conscious state or another.

For me, this part is one of the difficult concept to grab compare to the rest of the book. But once you get it, it could be a life changing moment. Dr Burns, if you read this, i just want to appreciate your contribution to the world. I live in quite remote place in Asia, you wouldn't ever hear my city name but your work have reach me here and i hope more people can access your work. Sadly your printed book is not available here, and feeling great is not available on amazon as ebook (the delivery cost alone is around $50 to my house and it will be only available for shipping next October). I have to go trough( believe me or not) an antique store in my country to find your book, it was missing 10 pages but I still read it everyday (The feeling good handbook and i think this book is at least 20 years old). My friend happen to go to malaysia rencently and I ask her to find your book, to my surprise it was also hard to find in Malaysia (she asked 5 book store). So I still need to find away to get your book :D. thank you Dr burns, i wish you nothing but the best for you.

Loved the last point of positive distorted self.

😊lovely to see & hear yall. such an important idea to embrace.

🤔 “self “ why are you trying find out the core of self - instead of outer boundary with life , so we start defining out to in … decisions capsulate “time “ - our choice gives us direction and make difference between each other ,

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Dr Burns's explanations of Wittgenstein's ideas were clear to me, they resemble a buddhist sutra. However, I didn't quite get Matt May's position, since he was at the same time agreeing with and confronting them. Looking forward to watch the other videos of this philosophy month (if they happen)!

This podcast is genuinely amazing

This is so powerful a technique-agenda setting, bring to conscious resistance, melting it away, death of ego / self and deep empathy to connect to clients/people we want to help. Thanks Dr Burns!

I'm really excited for philosophy month! I appreciate Rhonda's practicality, David's transcendence of philosophical concept games, Matt's compassionate use of free will skepticism, and your ability to have that play of perspectives on the podcast! Matt, please consider doing a further video somewhere about free will and therapy!

Good podcast but those thumbnails are awful and cheapen it

I’m sad that the app is not available in South Africa, could you please make it available for us? Blessings, Nkosana.

I've had patients tell me that it is because of their free will that they have the right to commit suicide. They believe they have it, therefore it would be unfair for someone to prevent them from exercising it. They say other people should not try to minimize their own pain by preventing them from committing suicide. I argue that we don't have completely free will. For example, humans, being social beings, are almost always factoring in the social impacts or attachments to others their decisions will have, as evidenced by guilt. Also, did we get to pick our parents, or the language we speak, or how intelligent we are? The list goes on. Indeed, it is a red herring, but it's an interesting clinical point in the case of patients like I've encountered.

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This is absolutely great ! Always I was picturing this video format would come up ❤

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Hi David and Rohonda... love you guys ❤

your therapeutic solution is to manipulate, kinda like your empathy shown on this podcast, its not genuine

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Awesome work as always. I think some parts are repeated from part 1. Although I don't mind listening the words of wisdom again.

Um. Hearing about how extremely successful wealthy people feel better showing their vulnerable sides isn’t really what I feel this was supposed to be about and it makes me feel worse. Thanks.

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❤❤❤ I am so grateful Dr. Burns

I don't have the money to do all these things the doctor says people have to do. Most people are on limited budget, and have to stay home much of the time.

Highly informative as always.

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