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FULL PERMISSION LIVING

FULL PERMISSION LIVING is an approach to healing and self-actualization, but moreso, it is an approach to living life as it is naturally meant to be lived.
Full Permission Living is the based on the understanding that human beings are, by first nature, sane, loving, cooperative, creative, humorous, intelligent, productive and naturally self-regulating. Full Permission Living rests on the foundation of truth that all people are entitled to live pleasure-filled, spontaneous, lives without guilt, shame or oppressive inner rules and prohibitions. Indeed, we are meant to live with full inner permission to follow our natural inner guidance and our inborn pleasure instinct to seek out gratification in all of our actions and endeavors, and that such a way of living always benefits those around us and those that we love.
On this blog, we will explore ways in which we can reconnect to our true selves and live lives of physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and material fulfillment, while remaining in a state of harmony with others and with the world around us. We will discover the truth that life is meant to get better and better as time progresses, that growing up, maturing and aging is not at all a deteriorating process, but rather one in which the individual becomes more and more potent and powerful in all areas until the very end of a lifetime. We can discover that everyone has everything already built in that is necessary to achieve the fulfillment of their deepest desires. And it's no secret!
Contact PETER LOFFREDO at: fpliving@aol.com

80 IS THE NEW THIRTY!!

2 comments:

A2person said...: The Wave vs. The Dip
PL, I'm curious, as you are a frequent nytimes reader, if you came across the David Brooks recent column on happiness/quality of life. It's available here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/opinion/30brooks.html
I appreciate much of what Brooks is saying -especially in his viewpoint that our society tends to overvalue quantitative analysis because, in many ways, quant estimates are the epistemological path of least resistance. However, I'm a bit disturbed when he cites, "People aren’t happiest during the years when they are winning the most promotions. Instead, people are happy in their 20’s, dip in middle age and then, on average, hit peak happiness just after retirement at age 65." Now, there’s a lot to rejoice about in this article, but what is this dip in happiness that I have to look forward to? I'm in my 20's working through my schizoid/rigid character structure and genuinely feeling more alive each week. Is this “dip” a consequence of the economic structures of our society –the increased financial pressures of middle-age in our competitive culture? Or perhaps is the middle aged dip a consequence of not releasing and integrating long suppressed feelings? Seriously, I figured out in my teenage years that whenever anyone said, “ your teens/your 20’s/your 30’s will be the best time of your life” speaker was effectively saying, “I’m not happy with where my life is now!” Sheesh! Any guidance?; March 31, 2010 at 2:35 PM
A2person said...: The Wave vs. The Dip
PL, I'm curious, as you are a frequent nytimes reader, if you came across the David Brooks recent column on happiness/quality of life. It's available here: 'The Sandra Bullock Trade' http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/opinion/30brooks.html
I appreciate much of what Brooks is saying -especially in his viewpoint that our society tends to overvalue quantitative analysis because, in many ways, quant estimates are the epistemological path of least resistance. However, I'm a bit disturbed when he cites, "People aren’t happiest during the years when they are winning the most promotions. Instead, people are happy in their 20’s, dip in middle age and then, on average, hit peak happiness just after retirement at age 65." Now, there’s a lot to rejoice about in this article, but what is this dip in happiness that I have to look forward to? I'm in my 20's working through my schizoid/rigid character structure and genuinely feeling more alive each week. Is this “dip” a consequence of the economic structures of our society –the increased financial pressures of middle-age in our competitive culture? Or perhaps is the middle aged dip a consequence of not releasing and integrating long suppressed feelings? Seriously, I figured out in my teenage years that whenever anyone said, “ your teens/your 20’s/your 30’s will be the best time of your life” speaker was effectively saying, “I’m not happy with where my life is now!” Sheesh! Any guidance?; March 31, 2010 at 2:37 PM

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