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Creating the Enemy

Is ‘the ubiquitous enemy’ simply a surface-level mental trap into which human beings get caught out of some vulnerability? Or is finding yet another enemy the result of our looking actively and profoundly for one and – if need be – creating one? This text was written on the 11th of November, armistice day. We Read the full article…

Deep Readings: Paul Valéry ― Le Cimetière marin (1920)

The fragment« Le vent se lève ! … il faut tenter de vivre ! » English rendering: “The wind is rising! … we must try to live!” Public domain → Wikisource Contextual glimpseValéry’s long poem unfolds above the sea at Sète, where a bright cemetery looks over a sun-struck Mediterranean. Marble, noon, and the glittering Read the full article…

Real Compassion is Really Effective

Compassion is very complex. Together with a lack of understanding comes a huge underrating of its effectiveness. Where does the effectiveness come from? Subconceptual (largely non-conscious) mental processing controls the body and conscious mind ― one can say: from the inside. At this level, mental-neuronal patterns are mind and body simultaneously. Consequently: It profoundly influences Read the full article…