Psychology 7
Our Work and Legacy
It is amazing the amount of incompetence we all encounter in our day to day lives. Doctors who are bad at what they do, lawyers who are bad at what they do, customer service agents who are bad at what they do. But it is not the incompetence in our society that upsets me. It […]
Giving and Getting
We live in a society where we are taught that giving is better than getting. This is perhaps meant to cushion the fact that most people would be perfectly happy to receive a lot more than they give. The irony, of course being, that we can only give what we receive, and that giving in […]
Archetypes and Love.
All people, regardless of their gender, embody two opposing and complementing polarities. These polarities can be easily portrayed as male, the one that makes it possible for us to function and survive in the physical form, and the female, the emotions and intuition that guide us on our life’s journey. Within these polarities are inherent […]
Freedom in Relationships
All of life is about finding an equilibrium between opposing polarities. Most of our emotional struggles are the result of our inability to establish this equilibrium and to maintain it. We say yes, when we want to say no. We become submissive if someone else is domineering. We fall in love with someone serious and […]
Security and Vulnerability
One of the most common things people seek is security. We want to know that our basic needs will be met. So we look for a stable job, a reliable partner, a roof over our heads, savings, insurance. We see the world as scarce and hostile, and ourselves as beings that have little inherent value. […]
When to avoid confrontation.
Nobody in the world is perfect and all of us at one time or another have been guilty of treating other people poorly or having mistaken opinions. The advice available to us can be very conflicting. On the one hand we are taught the ideal of “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”. […]
Making Good Decisions
Making decisions is hard. Especially when they relate to the future. So what is it that we can do without the benefit of hindsight, to spare ourselves pain and regrets later in life? Something that I would advise is learning what is involved in making good choices. For me, it comes down to three basic […]
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