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Dec 13, 2009
NYTimes: Jung’s Inner Universe, Writ Large
From The New York Times: EXHIBITION REVIEW | ‘THE RED BOOK OF C. G. JUNG: CREATION OF A NEW COSMOLOGY’: Jung’s Inner Universe, Writ Large A new exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art offers a public look at a private chronicle the psychologist Carl G. Jung kept for 16 years in the early 20th century. http://s.nyt.com/u/vRe Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting... read more
Nov 18, 2009
5,000 hours.
For those who know, and those who care, tonight at 10pm I will pass 5,000 hours. That’s 5,000 of freedom! Tonight I smile! read more
Nov 5, 2009
Are You a Cognitive Miser?
Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? A) Yes. B) No. C) Cannot be determined. This is from this month’s Scientific American — article unfortunately costs money. It’s about “dysrationalia,” which is what happens when people with nominally high IQ’s end up thinking irrationally. A... read more
Nov 4, 2009
Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies at 100
From The New York Times: Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies at 100 Mr. Lévi-Strauss, a towering intellectual, transformed the West’s understanding of what was once called “primitive man.” http://s.nyt.com/u/DAP Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting... read more
Aug 11, 2009
Meditation won’t fix everything Jack Kornfield, an amazing meditation teacher and author, regarding meditation and “old wounds”: For most people, meditation practice doesn’t “do it all”. At best, it’s one important piece of a complex path of opening and awakening. I used to believe that meditation led to the higher, more universal truths, and that psychology, personality, and our own... read more
