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Pandora, by John William Waterhouse.
Diagramming the Past Problem
Recall how you diagrammed a present problem, and using that as a model, please diagram a past problem.
Please compare the description of your present and past event and note the language used to describe each event.
Note the similarities and differences in language between them. Be attentive to similar experiences, ideas, and images. You may want to use your journal for these reflections.
Review the way the negative and positive states appear in the present and past events.
Be attentive to something curious: What if the positive and more intense states of mind are linked to your experiencing the negative states of mind? Just what would that mean? What if you can't have that intense state of mind without the negative?
Would that mean what you have been seeking as a positive or intense state of mind is inseparable from the negative?
Then you could treat your high, or intense state, as another problem; you could go through the questions and make a study of the influence of this high state of mind on your life. But then, if these states of mind are linked together, how can you get the good alone and by itself?
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