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You could not apply rational arguments to solve an emotional problem. Thoughts and feelings were not necessarily oppositional, but they were two distinct paradigms of existence.
What that translated into was that if Richter was going to find peace, he needed to deal with his emotions, not intellectualize why they were not valid.
A basic mistake that people made over and over was to try and deny the worst parts of themselves. ‘I’m not angry, jealous, vindictive, petty, etc.’ Though it was only natural to shy from difficult truths, denial did not give you control over yourself. It merely ignored a part of what you were. That was actually the complete absence of control.
just because a truth was inconvenient didn’t mean you shied away from it.
