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Jung y la invasión de la mente colectiva

By |2019-11-27T17:12:13+01:00November 27th, 2019|Artículos en español|

La pregunta a la que nos enfrentamos es colectiva y nos concierne a todos. ¿Por qué tantos de nosotros, de nuestros congéneres humanos, nos comportamos tan mal? Y no solo mal, sino de una manera perjudicial para nuestro bienestar. Se diría que es algo más que extraño, rayano en lo demencial, que cualquier criatura desee [...]

Jung & the Invasion of the Collective Mind

By |2019-11-21T12:24:46+01:00November 21st, 2019|Essays|

The question we are confronted with is a collective one, and it concerns us all. Why are so many of us, our fellow humans, behaving so badly? And not only badly, but in a way that is detrimental to our own well-being. It would seem more than strange, verging on the insane, that any creature [...]

automatons – life inside the unreal machine

By |2019-10-23T09:03:10+01:00October 23rd, 2019|Essays, Writings|

ɔːˈtɒmət(ə)n/ noun a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. a machine which performs a range of functions according to a predetermined set of coded instructions. used in similes and comparisons to refer to a person who seems to act in a mechanical or unemotional way.   “Don’t you wish you were [...]

POP SPIRIT – the commodification of spirituality & simulated desires

By |2019-10-16T12:26:10+01:00October 16th, 2019|Essays|

ˈspɪrɪt/ noun the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character. the prevailing or typical quality, mood, or attitude of a person, group, or period of time. A moment of enlightenment is of no use to someone who needs a good week of it. Idries Shah   We may need [...]

phantom performances – the rise of the spectacle

By |2019-09-26T19:10:07+01:00September 26th, 2019|Essays|

ˈspɛktək(ə)l/ noun a visually striking performance or display an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought us to a whole new state of expectation. We are the image. John Ralston Saul, Voltaire’s Bastards   Magical thinking is the [...]

tan solo es una ilusión – el manejo de la percepción

By |2019-09-22T10:00:25+01:00September 21st, 2019|Artículos en español|

ilusión nombre Concepto, imagen o representación sin verdadera realidad, sugeridos por la imaginación o causados por engaño de los sentidos. Vivimos en una sociedad en la cual los medios de comunicación, los gobiernos, las grandes corporaciones, los grupos religiosos y las agrupaciones políticas fabrican falsas realidades. En mis escritos, planteo: ¿Qué es real? Porque incesantemente [...]

it’s just an illusion – the management of perception

By |2019-09-22T09:51:49+01:00September 10th, 2019|Essays|

ɪˈluːʒ(ə)n/ noun an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience. a deceptive appearance or impression. a false idea or belief.   We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, ‘What [...]

Una charla (boletín de septiembre)

By |2019-09-10T15:51:54+01:00September 9th, 2019|Boletín|

Queridos amigos, Si hay alguna intención en mi manera de escribir, y en estos boletines (o “charlas informales”), quizá  sea crear, en medio de la distracción que gira y rueda en el mundo exterior, un refugio para la mente conmovedora. Mientras se gesta la tormenta también debe haber, necesariamente, una calma o un lugar [...]

bienvenidos al engaño: ¿pero a quién se lo vas a contar?

By |2019-09-22T09:59:44+01:00September 9th, 2019|Artículos en español|

Engaño Nombre acción y efecto de engañar falta de verdad en lo que se dice, hace, cree, piensa o discurre. Cuando una nación se queda sin anclaje a la realidad, se retira a un mundo mágico. Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion   Seamos honestos: no vivimos dentro de una representación fiel del «mundo real». Asumimos que nuestras percepciones —lo que vemos, oímos y tocamos— son descripciones exactas del mundo que nos [...]

welcome to the hoax – but who are you going to tell?

By |2019-09-22T09:53:58+01:00September 2nd, 2019|Essays|

həʊks/ noun a humorous or malicious deception verb trick or deceive (someone)     When a nation becomes unmoored from reality, it retreats into a world of magic. Chris Hedges, Empire of Illusion     Let’s be honest here - we do not live within an accurate portrayal of the ‘real world.’ We assume that [...]

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