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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
andy said, Apathy = pushing thought away, trying not to think about it.
This sounds more like denial to me. But, it is andy's opinion, not her statement of fact. Just as my impression is just that, my impression or opinion or experience.
apathy to me had been, Thought xyz comes to mind. My response is I don't care about xyz.
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I think it has a lot to do with mindset and one's willingness and openness for something to work. The way you describe apathy, Mark, (and not judging, just observing) sounds a bit negative and not helpful (even though the concept is virtually the same.)
In my case, I don't believe in homoeopathic remedies because I am very set in my science-y ways. Therefore, I am unlikely to feel a benefit from them because I am not open to them working. Not because they don't work (who am I to say?)
I like mindfulness because it is neither spiritual nor scientific, it's just a way of training the mind to think differently.