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Power
Submitted by Seraphim on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 3:16 PM
http://pixabay.com Michel Foucault had some truly brilliant and important insights about power, insights that have had an important influence on some of today’s most prominent activist movements, and that arguably should be having more of an influence on others. It’s true that there’s a lot to take issue with in his work—I’ll come to that Read More…
The Unborn Idea
Submitted by Sant Lee on Sunday, January 20, 2019 9:27 AM
http://pixabay.com Classically, psychoanalysis considers that all experiences are rooted in the past. Psychological problems are viewed to arise from unresolved developmental issues or past traumas. The quality of a relationship between two individuals is always regarded in reference to some earlier relationship — a sort of primal absolute, though forgotten. This would mean that no Read More…
The Passive Knife
Submitted by Al Kamara El on Saturday, January 19, 2019 10:40 AM
derivative images Zhuangzi Might Prefer the Passive Knife to the Skillful Cook … Among the most famous and striking passages by the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi is the following: A butcher was cutting up an ox for Lord Wenhui. Wherever his hand touched, wherever his shoulder leaned, wherever his foot stepped, wherever his knee pushed Read More…
The Adventures Of A Modern-Day Heretic And The Skyclad Christ
Submitted by Niamh Ardgall on Friday, January 18, 2019 11:02 AM
http://pixabay.com It was a serious kick in the teeth from my own "tribe" that triggered my adventure. And one that hurt, very much. I’d been a priest within the Church of England for over decade when it happened, and it led to a few years of intolerable pain—yet also to one of the most powerful Read More…
Did Nixon Leave Behind Evidence Of Aliens In The White House?
Submitted by Dr. How on Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:25 AM
derivative images If there’s anyone with insight into the existence of extraterrestrials, it’s the President of the United States. But when the topic of disclosure comes up, Richard Nixon’s name appears infrequently compared to other presidents tied to the government’s ufological secrets. But according to the testimony of one confidential informant, not only has the Read More…
How To Use Affirmations That Work (Because Most Don’t)
Submitted by LI – Executor on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 9:58 AM
http://pixabay.com I've never been a fan of standard positive affirmations; my clients are always shocked when I tell them this. In fact, for some people, not only do affirmations not work, but they can also make things worse. I know this may be a little surprising after reading pretty much everywhere that if we just Read More…
Born Free
Submitted by Ali Ra Ji on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:02 AM
http://pixabay.com A man gave to a Sufi mystic a present, a golden bowl with a beautiful fish in it. The Sufi looked at the bowl and the fish and felt very sorry for the fish, because the bowl is an imprisonment. He went to the lake and he was tremendously happy in liberating the fish. Read More…
The Desire For Power
Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Monday, January 14, 2019 12:02 PM
derivative images It is the desire for all one wishes to achieve that gives one the desire For power. One desires power in order to hold something, to make something, to attain something, to work out something, to attract something, to use something, to rule something, to assimilate something. If it is a natural desire, Read More…
The Art Of Lying – A Sophisticated Accomplishment Of The Human Mind
Submitted by Perplexed on Saturday, January 12, 2019 1:17 PM
http://pixabay.com According to Scientficamerican.com: Lying is among the most sophisticated and demanding accomplishments of the human brain. Children have to learn how to lie; people with certain types of frontal lobe injuries may not be able to do it. Electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex appears to improve our ability to deceive. This region of Read More…
Can We Talk About This?
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Friday, January 11, 2019 1:54 PM
http://pixabay.com Can we even talk about qualia, the phenomenal parts of conscious experience? Whereof we cannot speak, thereof we must remain silent, as Wittgenstein advised, not lingering to resolve the paradoxical nature of the very phrase ‘whereof we cannot speak’ – it seems to do the very thing that it specifies cannot be done. We Read More…
































