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Letter #210: Pierre-Alexis Dumas (2019)
Hughes also understood that myth, metaphor and symbolism are ways of organizing the psyche’s otherwise inchoate energy - psycho-technics, in other words. The Big Dreamers, like Dante and Shakespeare, are psycho-tects who expand human consciousness, creating vast mythical structures to give our souls shape. Yet we are losing the myths, Hughes warns,
... See morefrom Mind Palaces: The Art of Psycho-Technics, or Soul-Craft — Philosophy for Life by philosophyforlife.org
Jonathan Simcoe added
- “Our ability to dream of something different, to name longing, to articulate a vision and commit to it, directly correlates to the likelihood that we will experience it, that it will be realized. It's the way we bring about change for ourselves, and for the world. When we are besieged by visions that do not match our longing, some of which are sini... See more
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Keely Adler and added
- "Dreams are fun when they are distant. The imagination loves to play with possibilities when there is no risk of failure.
But when you find yourself on the verge of action, you pause. You can feel the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Thoughts swirl. Maybe this isn't the right time? Failure is possible now.
In that moment—in that short pause that ari... See morefrom 3-2-1: On living with lightness, the root cause of sin, and how to compete without losing yourself
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