Category Archives: psychology

“How do you feel?” “I don’t know…”

“How do you feel?” “I don’t know…” I don’t think it’s unusual not know what we’re feeling. Nor even to be unable to feel. What are you feeling now? Are you feeling a mixture of feelings? Are you feeling one shallowly? Are you feeling one deeply? If you aren’t sure, there are some almost universalContinue reading ““How do you feel?” “I don’t know…””

Dark Night of the Soul (1.7) – Thomas Moore (Ego vs Soul?)

[2.5 minute read] For everyone [see more in Dark Night of the Soul (0) – Resources & Recommendations] Excerpts from Thomas Moore’s Foreword to Starr‘s translation [DEPRESSION?] … how do we distinguish between depression and…the dark night John describes (not all painful transitions qualify as a dark night of the soul)? …What we call depressionContinue reading “Dark Night of the Soul (1.7) – Thomas Moore (Ego vs Soul?)”

Dark Night of the Soul (6.2) – Loving in the moment

Whom shall I love? “Whichever one needs it most in the moment.” For she or he is the Christface set before me.

A response to religious bribery (corruption)

It’s deeply interesting to me that the religious corruption cited here is largely, to me, indeed a corruption of religious traditions themselves, and by the most visible/vocal religious adherents themselves. This is what gave rise to Nietzsche’s announcement that, “God is dead.” And it is the corrupt God-following zealots who killed God—who corrupted the wisdomContinue reading “A response to religious bribery (corruption)”