{"id":48,"date":"2018-07-10T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/duing.org\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:00:24","slug":"how-do-you-use-du","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duing.org\/index.php\/how-do-you-use-du\/","title":{"rendered":"using d\u00fb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You might have heard about the new word \u2018d\u00fb\u2019 or <\/span>(d\u00fbing, d\u00f4, d\u00f4es, d\u00eed). I thought I\u2019d write a short piece to explain what it is and why you might want to use it. If you want more information and fuller details and instructions on how to use it, then the \u2018d\u00fb\u2019 book is the place to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When listening to people talking about the problems in their lives you can often hear what I call \u2018passive statements\u2019.
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\u201cI am stressed by the state of the economy\u201d is a good example of this; it\u2019s \u2018passive\u2019 because there\u2019s not much they can do about their stress until the economy improves or time passes. So in effect they seem to be left powerless by circumstances that are beyond their control, and there is a sense of being stuck with the problem.
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I\u2019ve always been interested in finding new ways to look at things; these passives seemed to make people suffer and make life more difficult for them. It didn\u2019t seem fair that people had to put up with these kinds of situations and problems. Clearly neither they or I could change the things like the world economy, but I wondered, would it help to turn this passive into an active?
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There just didn\u2019t seem to be an easy way of doing this using existing words, so I had to create a new word to describe this change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To change \u2018I am stressed\u2019
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From a passive to an active, we need to use the new verb d\u00fb (d\u00fbing, d\u00f4, d\u00f4es, d\u00eed).
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It has a similar meaning to \u2018do\u2019 except the \u00fb signifies that although the person is involved in this situation at some level, that involvement is at an unconscious and unintentional level. So they are not to blame for it any anyway, but because they are involved, they do have the power to influence what happens next.
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So I am stressed
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becomes
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I am d\u00fbing stress
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People often feel that when they say it this way it\u2019s almost as though a little gap appears in the way we see things. Suddenly a new possibility appears that maybe we don\u2019t have to be powerless, maybe we can stop d\u00fbing stress and instead start doing (consciously and intentionally) something that will make our lives better.
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So that\u2019s a basic introduction to d\u00fb; its applications seem to be endless. Have a go at starting to use it in your life and see the difference it can make.
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All the best
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Ph\u00eel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here\u2019s a video of the first ever lecture about the d\u00fb.
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