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Someone had told Isabel about a British moral philosopher, Derek Parfit, who had no imagery. He had few memories and little connection to his past, although he felt strong emotions about people and ideas in the present. Parfit believed that a self was not a unique, distinct thing but a collection of shifting memories and thoughts which intersected... See more
In this metaphor, this shore is samsara, the other shore is nirvana, and the river is that of the ever-flowing habit-energy that arises from projections.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Galen Strawson, who claimed to have no sense of himself as a continuously evolving being—a creature whose self consisted of a coherent story about accumulating memories and distinctive traits. Strawson was, for that reason, uninterested in his past. He acknowledged that his life had shaped him, but he believed that whether or not he consciously... See more
Jung said the self was the sum total of a person’s psyche. The part that looked forward, the process of individuation, the quest to become something more.
Olivie Blake • The Atlas Paradox (Atlas Series Book 2)
For most depth psychologists, the journey to the underworld is for the purpose of a return to life as, one hopes, a more integrated self, but for Hillman this does not go far enough. The return of the repressed still does not address the deeper meaning of "death itself" and the underworld psyche.39 Hades as a figure of his concern reflects a
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