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One of the More Beautiful Paintings in the World…
Hans Memling was a Flemish 15th century artist (1430 – 1494) who worked mainly in Bruges, painting – as one…
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Questioning Our Conscience
Once we realise we have a conscience and that it speaks to us in a very partial manner, we are in a better position to reflect on the issue of origins.
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Overcoming Manic Moods
In our manic moods, we are in flight from emotional truths that terrify and sadden us. We are running to make sure we do not meet ourselves.
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Learning to Feel What We Really Feel
A so-called ‘well-adjusted mind’ is one that can minimise the distance between what it feels and what it knows it feels: between the emotions that flood it and those that consciousness can register.
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Why We Should Refuse to Get into Arguments
However deep our theoretical commitment to serenity, in the course of an average day, we are likely to encounter a…
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Self-Knowledge
The Origins of a Sense of Persecution
In the privacy of our minds, in a zone too tender and shameful to be readily admitted to, many of…
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The Origins of Sanity
Though politeness tends to stop us from dwelling on the point, all babies start off – as we might put…
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Relationships
Who is Afraid of Intimacy?
Sometimes we may end up in a couple where we spend a lot of time complaining – to concerned friends…
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Sociability
Why Nice People Give Us the ‘Ick’
There are many things that might disrupt the mood of a promising early date: a sudden discovery of a maddening…
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Why We Should Practice Automatic Writing
Usually, when we set out to write, sounding coherent and polished are our central priorities. We may think hard before…
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Calm
Can We Live With the Truth?
We are primed to think well of people who have an appetite for truth: who want to find out the…
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Why We Deny Ourselves the Chance of Happiness
Happiness sounds like such an obviously desirable quality, the idea that a person might willingly turn it down makes –…
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Calm
Why We Should Refuse to Get into Arguments
However deep our theoretical commitment to serenity, in the course of an average day, we are likely to encounter a…
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Self-Knowledge
The Origins of a Sense of Persecution
In the privacy of our minds, in a zone too tender and shameful to be readily admitted to, many of…
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Self-Knowledge
The Origins of Sanity
Though politeness tends to stop us from dwelling on the point, all babies start off – as we might put…
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Relationships
Who is Afraid of Intimacy?
Sometimes we may end up in a couple where we spend a lot of time complaining – to concerned friends…
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Sociability
Why Nice People Give Us the ‘Ick’
There are many things that might disrupt the mood of a promising early date: a sudden discovery of a maddening…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Should Practice Automatic Writing
Usually, when we set out to write, sounding coherent and polished are our central priorities. We may think hard before…
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Calm
Can We Live With the Truth?
We are primed to think well of people who have an appetite for truth: who want to find out the…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Deny Ourselves the Chance of Happiness
Happiness sounds like such an obviously desirable quality, the idea that a person might willingly turn it down makes –…
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