Michele Pasin / Quotes

Acid as an intelligent entity

No doubt it was reprehensibly primitive thinking, but I was beginning to find it difficult not to see acid as something akin to an intelligent entity, capable of autonomous action. Jung’s concept of “the Self ” was as close to making this intellectually acceptable as I could get . . . though in my present mood I would happily have inserted “Higher” in front of the term, and have done with it. For these insights left me with a glowing sense of melting into a more comprehensive identity. Into something, somewhere, that was looking out for me.

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#psychedelics #self #identity #unconscious

Adattarsi all'altro fino a perdere se stessi

A pensarci in questa prospettiva le sembra di capire perché non si sente mai del tutto se stessa quando è con lui: dipende dalla sua determinazione iniziale a…

Leielui (italian Edition) (de Carlo, Andrea) #identity #relationship #self #authenticity

Are we social constructions?

You can’t just live in your private reality. What this suggests is that, like the body, the social matters primarily for how it helps frame and shape our…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #self #society #identity #relationship

Everyone has a center

Each of us has a center, though we usually don’t recognize it as such. Neither do we recognize the all-encompassing effects of that center on every aspect of…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #self #identity #values

Fromm on the automaton personality

In the words of Erich Fromm, an astute observer of the roots and fruits of the Personality Ethic: Today we come across an individual who behaves like an…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #personality #self #identity

Gli altri non esistono

“Non sei uno che ha bisogno di programmi, Piotr” ha detto lui. “Boh” ho detto. “Non lo so più, come sono. Almeno in questo momento.” “Ma di solito?” ha detto…

Durante (Andrea De Carlo) #identity #self #opinion #people

Good Brooke and bad Brooke

‘My now obviously ex-boyfriend was very keen to represent me as though there was a good me and a bad me. Anything that I did that he liked – you know, I knit…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #self #relationship #identity #love