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- Thoughts on some origins of many ridiculous attitudes of the American mentality – the ongoing effects of WWII, Cold War, and the Vietnam War era, fear, and on how the U.S. is living in the past
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- Thoughts on blog writing after 800 articles . . . questioning the value and meaning of ideas
- Thoughts on inequality as the natural order of society
- Thoughts on how a lot of research I do is to avoid being deceived and to maintain personal integrity in the face of “mass mentality”
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Tag Archives: psychology
Thoughts on the “hate myth” and the forgotten importance of threat
Here’s a thought I had: THE “HATE MYTH” I have always felt that hatred is used as an explanation for far too many things. Its almost like hatred has become an overly simple “blame-all” of problems between people. To me, … Continue reading
Posted in Historical stuff, Modern life and society, Psychology and psychoanalysis, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests
Tagged christianity, cold war, hate, hate myth, History, modern world, psychology, threat, threat reaction, war
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Thoughts on aging: “the great truth of life”, everydayness, a dream interpretation, and discovering the “old self”
Here are some thoughts I had: REFLECTING ON MY LIFE As I turned 50 years old I thought a lot on my life. I seem to do this ever time I go into a new decade. I did this when … Continue reading
Thoughts on my statement: “I am not knowledge” – aspects of knowledge in relation to the self and the importance of intuition
Recently, I have been finding that I feel particularly dumb in life. Its like I don’t know anything. I look at all that I thought, and think, and it all looks ridiculous and naïve in a way . . . its just a bunch … Continue reading
Posted in Contemplation, monastacism, shamanism, spirituality, prayer, and such, Dehumanization and alienation, Existence, Awareness, Beingness, Consciousness, Conceptionism, and such, Inspiration, free association, and intuition, Modern life and society, Philosophy, Psychology and psychoanalysis
Tagged alienation, awareness, contemplation, dehumanization, intuition, knowledge, modern world, Philosophy, psychology, self, wisdom
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Thoughts on the control of money and the problem of “pressure” in life with remarks about “personhood”
Here’s a thought I had: Recently, I saw some teenagers and a thought came to me of some advice I would like to of given them. The more I thought about it the more interesting it got. I started off by … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Life in general, Other stuff, Philosophy, Psychology and psychoanalysis
Tagged Advice, life, money, opinion, personhood, Philosophy, psychology, wealth
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Thoughts on the “historical body” – sensing the “past self”
In a recent conversation I said something interesting. I was talking to someone who made this statement, “I don’t reflect much on my past . . .” and it made me think of this: For me, I feel its important to … Continue reading
Thoughts on a media-induced mass hysteria . . . the “Trump panic”
Here is a reply I made to an article that said that Trump was mentally ill, which got me disgusted with all this Trump bashing: “This whole endless nonsense about attacking Trump for every move he makes has gone past … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Presidential election and things associated with it, Current affairs and events, Government and politics, Modern life and society, News media and the news, Psychology and psychoanalysis, Society, The U.S. and American society
Tagged government, hysteria, liberalism, mass hysteria, media, modern world, opinion, politics, psychology, society, Trump, Trump panic
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Thoughts on villainizing
Here’s a thought I had: I have often been fascinated, and disgusted, by villainizing. Its a weird mentality that seems particularly prevalent in the U.S. (though I’m sure its all over the world, in varying degree’s and forms). Interestingly, we are seeing this quite … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Presidential election and things associated with it, Christianity, Christian conversion, Post-Christianity, and Christian influence, Current affairs and events, Life in general, Psychology and psychoanalysis
Tagged Christian conversion, life, psychology, society, villainizing
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