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The Real (Lacanian Psychoanalysis)
The Real In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the Real is the dimension of existence that lies completely outside language, images, and conscious comprehension. It is not “reality” (which is shaped by our perceptions and society), but rather the raw, pre-symbolic, and often overwhelming truth of the universe that resists being spoken or defined. Three Registers
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Reading, Conversation, Exercise – You’re doing it wrong!
Reading Stop reading. Get out of your head and into your life. Conversation Conversation? Why are you asking? Make no mistake, if you’re opening your mouth, it is for you. I don’t mean this academically. And I don’t mean don’t start a conversation. I mean, notice what you’re up to. If you’re asking me “how…
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What’s in it for you?
Somehow it only recently occurred to me– that not everyone is innately driven to do what is right and good,– that they wouldn’t, even if they understood and could.– that it may be naive fantasy that we all have an inner conscience like my own. Furthermore, it may be that the driving force of many…
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Act Now in Kindly Prudence
It’s not about grand plans – it’s about actual right action now and forever. It’s not about saving yourself or the world – that can only be done together. It’s not at your exclusion – most of the kindly prudent actions you should be taking are basic care of yourself and obvious tasks you’ve been…
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Act Here Now
Be Here Now is too passive. Action without decency and presence of mind is digging a devil’s hole. We don’t need more than 3 brain cells to know decent options in any given moment. If you’re busting your brain then you’ve lost the light and you’re in hell. Heaven is not at the end of…
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The full potential of life is already here, now, always.
How do I explain the new synthesis, the ultimate call? To become more fully the entirety of yourself by also developing entirely beyond and inclusive of all that is and ever will be. This isn’t a heady exercise. Your reading and studying is playing into smallness. Meditation – real silent into-the-moment meditation – is fantastic…
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Self-Absorption
It’s not them; it’s you – you are your problem, falling short of love and acceptance of all as it is. You are welcome to participate in matters of the world. But why? Of what? If you are against, then you are part of the problem of suffering, both in yourself and in creating suffering…
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Loving Reality
Loving the world as it is feels impossible when we’re staring at the evening news and or arguing with our partner. To find peace, we have to shift from our judgmental ‘ego’ view to a non-dual relationship with reality. It’s difficult to love reality until we get to a practically non-real non-dual relationship with the…
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Intro to RGW
Circa summer 2019, I was high on my porch in Santa Barbara. After decades of seeking and contemplation, I had an elegant revelation. The most underlying structure of my entire functional ontology found concision in three words. Reality Goodness Work Reality must be held above all else. Why? We’ll save this question for later, because…