Night,
and the yellow pleasure of candle-light….
old brown books and the kind, fine face of the clock
fogged in the veils of the fire – it’s cuddling tock. Continue reading “Song of the Rain by Hugh McCrae”
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
The sea is calm to-night.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand;
South of my Days by Judith Wright
South of my days’ circle, part of my blood’s country,
rises that tableland, high delicate outline
of bony slopes wincing under the winter,
From Tintern Abbey
The River Wye
Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first
I came among these hills; when like a roe
I bounded o’er the mountains, by the sides
Of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams,
Continue reading “From Tintern Abbey”
What is the mind?
I’ve been listening & reading a bit about emotions, language, tools and the mind. Nothing describes it as well as the idea of roles, and Moreno’s role theory is rarely mentioned. A role is inclusive of feelings thoughts and action as well as all context and relationships.
The following is an interesting discussion, but it is crying out for a role perspective.
Philosophers Zone – 2 October 2010 – The Extended Mind:
Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? Some philosophers are now arguing that thoughts are not all in the head. The environment has an active role in driving cognition; cognition is sometimes made up of neural, bodily, and environmental processes. Their argument has excited a vigorous debate among philosophers and this week we discover what the fuss is about.
Claude Steiner – Wikipedia
My introduction to psychotherapy in the early eighties was heavily influenced by Steiner and TA.
Live Life
Speed of Change
I was struck today by how fast the information age is rolling out. It is like one of those sped up movies of flowers bursting open. And then more, and more and more. There were several prompts for my thoughts.
One was a change of use for my Calendar in the cloud.
Making sense of psyche – ref John Locke
The quote from Locke below describes an idea I have long held. I did not know till today that John Locke had it 100s of years ago. It is relevant to me as I work with the psyche, or spirit as he calls it, as the main stuff of my day to day work. The psyche is, in his words, “abstruse”, and there is no way to talk of it other than through forms that reflect ultimately “sensible ideas” ie idea that relate to things we can experience with our senses.
Hence we use dramatic terms like Oedipus complex, and geographical terms like depression. Talk of the psyche is form of poetry and metaphor to describe the inner side of action, make sense of action.
Locke ECHU BOOK III Chapter I Of Words or Language in General:
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