To: Question of the Day I'm talking about teaching kids how to take care of themselves. Be responsible for their actions and be held accountable. Yes, they can act however they want but there are consequences. (Emphasis in italics is mine). No one can be responsible, and no one is willi
To: DrDonald Hello. Welcome to the blog. Textbooks of psychodynamic psychopathology describe the prototypical opiate addict as not simply using drugs to "feel good" but more in order to achieve a temporary solace from a punishingly judgemental Superego. That solace is followed by shame, and so on, in an endless
To: cactoblasta Really? Then why did she cry with self-revulsion every time she did it? The very fact that she continued to act as she did, notwithstanding her revulsion, demonstrates in the clearest possible way that it was acceptable to her. The key to understanding any compulsive behavi
Valium works too! You ok SC?
To: little-whip in all matters Magickal you will always be my inspiration, if not my mentor. This is something you know, I think. What you may not know is how often, in conversation together, you've said something that's given me new insight into philosophical phenomena. You were the one who first made the Gnostic concept of the relationship of flesh and spirit intelligible to me in real life (as opposed to the bloviating of philosophers), and
This is my response to Cordelia's response. Since no one has ever before paid me the courtesy of writing an article in response to something I've written, I will pay her the courtesy of addressing her first here before going on to deal with other responses. I like the phrase 'pre-emptive death'. If I understand you and your husband correctly, what you are talking about is 'death to the self'. That might be taken by some to mean suicide - it ac
To: Cordelia I have now unblacklisted Brad, which means you can post here. I have an unspoken agreement with myself - to make no comments on his threads, nor to interact with him in any way, which I will continue to honor now that he' unblacklisted, provided only that he extends me the same courtesy. I don't like him. He doesn't like me. But I can hardly continue to bear a grudge against a man who has featured three of my articles. So you may
I like the phrase 'pre-emptive death'. If I understand you and your husband correctly, what you are talking about is 'death to the self'. That might be taken by some to mean suicide - it actually means the opposite, living a fuller life. And you're right: a life that consists of mortgage payments, the job, and all the rest of the dull gray round of life, is not much of a life at all. Death to the self means being able to free yourself of the tyrrany
I have a burn mark from a candle that fell in the same way. Hot wax kinda killed the mood. Then you plainly are not aware of the horribly enjoyable things that can be done with hot wax. Jut a teeeeeeny drop of it on the tip of an unhooded clitoris, for example... ];->
To: cactoblasta Of course if you're suggesting that anorexia and bulimia are acceptable expressions of the self then that's entirely different, Any expression of the self is acceptable to the self doing the expressing, whether you, I, or anyone else likes it or not. And whatever form the expres
Some time ago I watched a show on TV. It dealt with eating disorders among a group of teenage girls confined in a treatment center 'for their own good', which actually meant for the good of the sanity of their parents. These were girls who not only had eating disorders but exhibited uncontrolled anti-social behaviouirs; who 'self-harmed' on a regular basis; who could
Now, if you'd thought to put a pancake beneath the lil bunbuns as well, I'd have my lunch problem all sorted.... and the pups could play with the skin afterwards.
Bahu, Bahu... It's evident you care, it really is. And I imagine it's quite hard for you here, dealing with the bias of most posters toward the so-called 'right wing' (except that there is no 'right' here in America, just as there is no 'left': just very confused conservatives and even more confused socialists, neither group knowing anything about the realities of what they claim to stand for). What I find amusing, and rather sad, is the sense of outrage you and those like you appear to
To: Lotherius Welcome to the blog. You're right, of course. A child doesn't need to be physically different in order to become a target. It's only necessary to be different in ways that other children perceive as weakness . Because children, whatever those doting fools their parents may say (parents who have long since forgotten what childhood can be like) love the scent of blood. It's only necessary to attract the attention of the mob in ways which incite this blo
To: little whip But then again, You already know that, don't You. The short answer to that is - yes, with complete certainty. V^^^^V bites you.
To: Question of the Day Of course you don't knowingly lie to yourself.. That's my whole point - that lying to the self interferes with self-examination. But what point is your 'point' making? I agree entirely that self-deceit defeats (if unrealised and unchallenged) self-examination. <
To: Quote of the Day I was just wondering what the reason for marriage would be. In my mind it's either moral or law. 'reason' for marriage? There are personal reasons (ie love), and social reasons (advantages in terms of tax etc.) What 'reason' were you thinking of, and what in anything I have
To: Quote of the Day Where does one draw the line? Is there no line? Of course there's a line. It's where you put it, because there isn't anyone with true authority to tell you where it goes, except yourself. I'm going to bed now. But I'll get back to this tomorrow.
To: Question of the Day Honesty and Integrity are hard traits to come by. Most people I know aren't either on many occasions - Christian or not (Including myself) - even when held accountable regardless of by self or other (law/God). I have a hard time believing that there is anything automatic about either. </T
To: Question of the Day What makes a magickian any more responsible for their morality? You're partly answered in the response above. But to be explicit - if belief is a tool to be consciously used in the pursuit of effects, then the one responsible for actively using those beliefs, and for
To: Question of the Day So, if I will something strongly enough I can make it happen? You can if you know what it is you want. You mention little-whip's RA. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." She hates her flesh. I'm half-inclined to believe she called it (the RA) down on herself th
To: little-whip That freedom can be hard to deal with (frightening, even) due to the sheer volume of possibilities it exposes. As ever you're the only one who gets anything of the reality of what I'm talking about (which isn't surprising as you were my first teacher in these things and have experience of them yourself, which these others don't). I remember that, as the first shock of my first conversion wore off, I noticed a distinct ch
To: cactoblasta In one way it's almost a Catholic approach to divinity, with its idea of divine intermediaries and semi-divine power struggles over souls and fates. Except there's no power struggle involved. There's no competition for souls, or anything else, because there's no competition at all. No heaven of bliss, no hell of torment. No duelling god or devil to fight over us as if we are eternal trophies. No Judgement. No Redemption. No Salva
To: MasonM While I personally think your essay could have been boiled down to a much shorter article, I do agree with some points. It's exactly as long as it needed to be to address the points I wanted to make in the way that I wanted to make them. As little whip says, I write for me, to explore at leisure certain ideas, and do so without paying attention to whether or not anyone else will derive understanding or benefit. So I bloviate.
To: frogsleg well that's always nice to know. Of no great interest, but nice. Thanks.
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