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Author Archives: Dr Jean Pain
Are You Afraid?
What should we be defending ourselves against? All the things that have happened to us that have caused us pain and unhappiness starting from the beginning of our lives. The earlier the experience the greater the effect on the rest … Continue reading
Is Anorexia Nervosa a Weapon?
The great majority of we human animals want to live in communities and follow the same lives as others with the same rules. There have always been a much smaller number of rebels who do not want to follow this … Continue reading
Stuck Insiders
Why do we have conversations? There are many different purposes. A great deal of talk interchange has very little or no meaning: it consists of what David Rosenthal calls ‘mindless, recited utterances’ because it involves no thought: for instance: Greetings: … Continue reading
Animal Instincts
Being able to use words is a huge advantage and a huge disadvantage. We need to remember all the time that we are still part of the animal kingdom. All animals except ourselves just get on with their lives by … Continue reading
There's Soup and then there's Soup!
Korzybski’s book “Science and Sanity” was published in 1933 and is still in print. His theme is ‘the misuse of words can make us sick.’ He is very knowledgeable in many different fields. If you only want one book on … Continue reading
Sheep!
Equality is a dangerous word. Everything and everybody is different from everything and everybody else. To stay in a state of open-mindedness is my basic premise. Every group has rules and regulations. The worst thing about them is the uniformity. … Continue reading
Liberty, Fraternity and Equality
The Marseillaise was the bloodthirsty war-cry of the French Revolution: exactly the sort of thing that aroused the hatred of those who sang it. Such powerful feelings were easily heightened. The three words liberty, fraternity and equality constantly repeated and … Continue reading
Snot Fair
Marx and Engels came up with some very good ideas which they hoped would completely change Russia for the better. But, however unsatisfactory might be the lives of most people, things cannot be changed overnight especially in such a vast … Continue reading
Attention Deficit Disorders. Uggh!
Attention Deficit Disorders. Uggh! How I hate all these acronyms. How they have crept into our language, most of them to do with ‘mental illness’ which as I have said before is an oxymoron. Many children today have been ‘diagnosed’ … Continue reading