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This aptly describes the world we are currently living in-- "Part of the problem is the left hemisphere's reluctance to confess when it is nonplussed. Its self-belief is a problem: it believes its own propaganda." ~Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things

If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.~Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia.

Why are we seeing so much public, collective anger right now? Often, it's a cover for collective grief. Dr. Sumit Anand joins me to trace the thread between ancient myth, bread riots, and modern cultural rage. Link to the episode below.

or you could loosen your collar?

Emptiness is a great feminine secret. It is something absolutely alien to man; the chasm, the unplumbed depths, the yin. ~CG Jung, CW 9i

Many people feel the standard 0–10 pain scale misses important parts of the chronic pain experience. Patients and clinicians alike: what methods, descriptors, comparisons, or tracking tools have actually helped make pain easier to communicate or understand?

It's time we 'absorbed' this message

the nerve of the guy😱 #DarkMatter

Without a direct line to the archetypal level, people sooner or later become depressed. Life becomes two-dimensional, a daily round of treadmill existence. Creativity dries up because daily communication with the creative matrix is gone. Ideas are no longer exciting.~M Woodman

You're trained as doctor & healer & yet I can't remember talking about the soul in medical school or residency. There's always going to be a need to address things of meaning. Patients don't come w/ a bunch of symptoms, they come in with their stories.~Sumit Anand [link below]

Timothy Snyder warned us.

Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.~Joseph Campbell, 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵

Friday feelings

Jung realized that when Westerners try to dissolve their personal ego before they have resolved shadow issues, shadow issues grow to godlike proportions. ~Robin Robertson, Jungian Archetypes

A Sudden Calm by Jef Bourgeau.

This timeline brings attention to a long and difficult history, but it is important to understand it with context and accuracy. The experience of Black Americans cannot be reduced to a few numbers or dates, even though those numbers help show how long certain systems lasted. Slavery in what became the United States developed over the 17th century and was legally entrenched for generations, ending in 1865 after the Civil War. That period shaped the country’s economy and social structure in lasting ways. After slavery ended, systems of control did not disappear. Instead, they evolved into laws and practices that enforced segregation and limited rights, often referred to as Jim Crow. These laws varied by state and existed mainly from the late 19th century into the mid 20th century. Lynching, which is highlighted in the image, was a form of racial terror used to enforce that system. It was not limited to a fixed set of years and occurred most heavily between the late 1800s and early 1900s, though incidents continued beyond that period. It played a major role in maintaining fear and control in many communities. The Civil Rights Movement, often associated with the years between 1954 and 1968, was not a short struggle but part of a much longer fight for equality that began long before and continues today. Those years represent some of the most visible legal victories, including the end of segregation laws and the protection of voting rights. The final point about police brutality reflects an ongoing conversation. It is connected to broader discussions about law enforcement, justice, and equality that continue in modern society. Like the rest of this history, it is complex and shaped by many factors over time.

Fantastic work - more evidence in the relationship between the self and the immune system - idea defended here 👇🏼 frontiersin.org/journals/int…