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Without clarity and purpose, pursuing something because it is good is not good enough to make a high level of contribution.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
As this example suggests, we can experience pleasure without any investment of psychic energy, whereas enjoyment happens only as a result of unusual investments of attention. A person can feel pleasure without any effort, if the appropriate centers in his brain are electrically stimulated, or as a result of the chemical stimulation of drugs. But it
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
All of these layers of shadow projection might be imagined as nested dolls: The personal shadow is nested within the family shadow, which is nested within the cultural shadow, which is nested within the global shadow. As a result of these interrelated forces, biological factors, and family dynamics, we make our individual version of the Faustian
... See moreSteven Wolf • Romancing the Shadow
After Socrates: Episode 7 - Daimonion | Dr. John Vervaeke
youtube.comWhere the left hemisphere sees things in isolation, the right hemisphere sees processes that are relational. Indeed its disposition towards the world helps us see that relations are, as I argue, prior to relata . It sees relations in which both parties are inevitably changed. It is alert to what I call ‘betweenness’, the importance of context,... See more
Iain McGilchrist • Moving on
A tree doesn’t abandon its roots
Carl Jung: How to Embrace Your Dark Side
roots - darkness
leaves - light
(both are needed for tree to grow)
The easiest way to identify a pattern is to observe anytime you are disturbed, triggered, or resisting something. These moments are GOLD.
Scott Britton • How to Release and Transform the Patterns That Shape Your Reality
For the ancient Greeks the Eidolon was exactly as I use it in my first book – the lower, everyday ‘self’. By implication this means that there is a Higher Self that is a reflection of the gods. This being was called the ‘Daemon’ and I have continued to use this term to describe the part of us that knows that we have lived this life before.
