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2021

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Must You Feel Empty and Lonely?

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Albert Camus, belief systems, existentialism, identity politics, Krishnamurti, nihilism, religion

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books, education, experts, freedom, General Disscusion, history, interpersonal relationships, Life Style, manipulation of the american public, mental health, mindfulness, philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, spirituality, truth

Must You Feel Empty and Lonely? Usually inspired by J. Krishnamurti’s words, these excerpts from his teachings left me troubled: People running...

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2020

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Covid-19 and the Problem of Aloneness

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certitude, covid-19, eastern philosophy, existential aloneness, existentialism, Fox News, insanity, Jacques Lacan, Krishnamurti, MD, novel coronavirus, psychosis, truth

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books, education, experts, freedom, General Disscusion, government, healthcare, interpersonal relationships, manipulation of the american public, medicine, mindfulness, philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, science, truth

Sunday, June 14, 2020 Glendale, California Covid-19 and the Problem of Aloneness Is the Covid-19 virus evil? No. It’s trying to survive,...

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Life in 2020: A Few John Updike Phrases to Wake You Up!

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2020, cynicism, empathy, enlightenment, existentialism, family dysfunction, freedom, Happy New Year, John Updike, Meaning, meditation, middle-class life, Rabbit Is Rich, realization, upper-class life, wisdom

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books, education, freedom, General Disscusion, interpersonal relationships, manipulation of the american public, mental health, mindfulness, philosophy, psychoanalysis, truth

Wednesday, January 1, 2020 Glendale, California Life in 2020: A Few John Updike Phrases to Wake You Up! Fending off powerful superego...

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Oct

2017

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Riffing On Subjectivity

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existentialism, hallucinations, intersubjectivity, intimacy, privacy, subjectivity

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freedom, interpersonal relationships, philosophy, psychoanalysis

Glendale, California Sunday, October 1, 2017 Riffing On Subjectivity Many of my patients struggle with the word subjectivity. And who can...

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Aug

2017

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Who Sculpts Your Identity? — Part I

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Buddhism, existentialism, Heidegger, identity, influences, loss of control, Sartre, sculpture, self-as-delusion, submission, surrender, the Big Other, thrownness

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interpersonal relationships, philosophy, psychoanalysis

Pasadena, California Thursday, August 10, 2017 Who Sculpts Your Identity? — Part I Despite your passion for personal freedom, you may...

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Let Your Children Go

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alter-ego, Darwinian, existentialism, letting go, Lewis Carroll, Newton, nuclear families, parenting, Red Queen hypothesis, The Lion King

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interpersonal relationships, parenting, philosophy, psychoanalysis

Death Valley, California May 2, 2017 Let Your Children Go Inevitably, someone stumbles into depth psychotherapists’ offices struggling with a problem...

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2017

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Scary Questioning of Free Will — Part I

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Chritof Koch, existentialism, Free will, reductionist, Sam Harris, self-referential, Thomas Nagel

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philosophy, psychoanalysis

Glendale, California Saturday, March 25, 2017 Oh Lovely Readers, I reacted with immense sadness—lasting several days—after finishing Sam Harris’ book, Free Will....

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