Article
The Power of "Yes" and "No": The Relationship to Consciousness, Probable Realities, and "E-motions"
AHP Perspective
(2014)
Abstract
The two most powerful words in the English language, and for that matter in any language, are “Yes” and “No.” They literally create different realities. Saying, “Yes,” to a person, event, circumstance, or experience literally points us, and our consciousness, in one direction, and saying “No” to that same person, event, circumstance, or experience literally points us, and our consciousness, in another direction. Therein lies the power of “Yes” and “No.” The point of our power, therefore, is in the present—at the point of saying “Yes” and “No”. Here I want to place emphasis on making that point of power more conscious.
Keywords
- Consciousness; Empowerment; Politics; Perspectives; Paradigm; Emotions; Beliefs
Disciplines
- Civic and Community Engagement,
- Cognition and Perception,
- Cognitive Psychology,
- Counseling Psychology,
- Counselor Education,
- Critical and Cultural Studies,
- Developmental Psychology,
- Educational Sociology,
- Health Psychology,
- Inequality and Stratification,
- International and Intercultural Communication,
- Mass Communication,
- Multicultural Psychology,
- Other Communication,
- Other Psychology,
- Other Social and Behavioral Sciences,
- Place and Environment,
- Politics and Social Change,
- Psychology,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- School Psychology,
- Social Influence and Political Communication,
- Social Psychology,
- Social Psychology and Interaction,
- Social Work,
- Sociology of Culture,
- Theory and Philosophy and
- Theory, Knowledge and Science
Publication Date
Spring March, 2014
Citation Information
carroy u ferguson. "The Power of "Yes" and "No": The Relationship to Consciousness, Probable Realities, and "E-motions"" AHP Perspective (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carroy_ferguson/2/