is therapy good? or is it god?
The goal of religion should be to face death in the realist way possible. The common and shallow practice of religion today is about offloading the worry. What if you simulated it, faced it, confronted it? Instead, we abstract it into language and make it soft so we never get swallowed in it. Religion is real when it’s terrifying and hard and trans
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“Some seek the comfort of their therapist’s office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.”
Dean Karnazes
Steve Mueller • 60 Inspiring and Motivating Running Quotes | Planet of Success
Has Therapy Become the New Religion? - Therapy Reimagined
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Amid the stone sculptures of Hindu demons, mythological temple guardians and Buddhist divinities, Cambodian officials this month recognized the success of lengthy years of repatriation efforts with a ceremony at the prime minister’s office in Phnom Penh. In a room filled with artifacts, officials formally welcomed the return of statues and other ob... See more
Tom Mashberg • After Years of Searching, Cambodia Celebrates the Return of Its ‘Gods’
In addressing the meaning crisis — the vacuum left by the failures of religion, modernism, postmodernism, and today’s online alternatives — it takes a return to what bona fide religion really captures. The communitas. The ecstasy. The ritual.
Alexander Beiner • Is Religion Coming Back?
controversial take: I think therapy is culturally almost becoming a ...
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But we should also remember that so much of what we call ‘madness’ or ‘mental illness’ is actually just behaviour that does not lend itself well to the capitalist economic system. Politicising mental health means questioning why we call certain things madness or mental illness, and allowing people to make their own minds up about their experiences ... See more