Category Archives: Crazy World

K.K.P.D. – Christian Scott


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insanity: rare in individuals, the norm in societies


in individuals insanity is rare
but in groups, parties, nations and epochs
it is the rule

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A long, complex and stubborn history with trauma


Bessel van der Kolk  at bigthink.org offers  a potted history of psychiatry and society’s difficult relationship with trauma. Psychiatry started as study of what were then deemed bizarre behaviours, but discovered they were understandable when considered in context with extraordinary … Continue reading

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Fear Anger Hate – Yoda


Fear is the path to the dark side; anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering
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when we change the way we look at things…


When we change the way we look at things what we look at changes -Max Plank There is no such thing as “objective reality” that can be observed by wholly objective observer. The very act of observing changes what is … Continue reading

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I will not let an exam result decide my fate – Suli Breaks


Suli Breaks on releasing himself from the expectations, fears and received wisdoms held by others about what he needs to do, else his life might turn out, well, just like theirs….   Exams are society’s way o       … Continue reading

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F#ck that! meditation


Greet the world and everything in it with a new, beautiful breath of… Continue reading

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Going Underground – The Jam


We talk and we talk until my head explodes
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listening is such a simple act…


Listening is such a simple act.
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Because we fear we don’t listen…


“Because we fear them we don’t listen, and because we don’t listen we tend to hurt them. What we’re treating is our own desire to feel safe.”
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