Long before I was an undergraduate, there has been an adage in the humanities and social sciences that “everything is subjective,” or that “objectivity is a myth.” These statements hail from quantum physics’ discovery in the 1920s that the observer’s mere inclusion in an experiment influences that experiment, which is to say that detached observation… Continue reading Subjectivity, objectivity, stillness
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Why we sometimes reject apparent love
Why is it that we tend to reject lovers who come on too strongly? Have you ever thought about this? At first glance, immediate attraction would seem to be a compliment: if the person can so quickly surmise that they like us, then we must be really great. Wouldn’t that bode well for our security… Continue reading Why we sometimes reject apparent love
Sadness
Into the chamber of my soul Go I, To blackest, stillest depths. Immovable, Like a creature at the bottom of the ocean, Unchanging, Like the water that surrounds it. All is quiet at the depths.
Coronavirus, spaciousness, and inner peace (FB Live)
What inner state does the Coronavirus externalize for us? What emotional condition does this render? What parts of ourselves might these circumstances activate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6yU4rTrbW0&feature=youtu.be
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 