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True And False Dreaming
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Speaking of paradigms…
‘Of all psychology’s mortal sins, the most mortal is the neglect of beauty. There is after all something quite beautiful about a life, but you wouldn’t think so from reading psychology books’ — James Hillman
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“Modern world paradigm, which I have come to call “the power-over-paradigm“ where, in order to have what you need — food, clothing, shelter — you must overcome, beat out, another. It is inherently competitive, violent, and repels cooperation and collaboration, unlike the rest of the natural world. Slowly, slowly we have come to see that in fact it is so unlike the rest of the natural world, whose foundation seems to be all about making Life in interconnected ways, that it is a bringer of death. It is a death way.
What is becoming apparent to me about the evolution of this power-over-paradigm is that the personality type most likely to succeed in this structure is the psychopath, the sociopath. Having no empathy, having no conscience, allows for a ruthlessness and a cunning that is perfectly suited for a game of dominance and amassing at the expense of all others, both human and otherwise.
The pinnacle of its society are those most afflicted with humanity’s deepest pathologies.” — Pat McCabe
