Curatatorul de mine

Dincolo de ce spune Joseph Campbell, sau poate tocmai ce spune el. Sensul sau hotararea. Mai jos - un om care s-a hotarat sa-si curete tara de mine. Nu pentru ca e "adrenaline junkie", cum pare sa spuna Joseph Campbell.

Aki Ra




"The importance of this self-respect as a prime motivator of human nature can hardly be overstated; it may enable an individual to defy civilization, even in the face of the hatred of the whole modern world. When an individual acquires fundamental self-respect, then s/he will be made a fool no longer, and all the blows of civilization are nothing but the battle scars of a proud warrior. Civilization is powerless against it, because a person who has re-claimed fundamental self-respect cares nothing about the laws and standards of civilization.

This self-respect leads to genuine self-love, the second and decisive step on the path to sanity, for self-love (and happiness in large measure) consists in becoming one's own ideal again, as in childhood. This self-love eventually overflows and becomes love for others and for external nature. Concern for life on Earth is the result of a surplus of love, or as Nietzsche put it, "abundance in oneself the over-great fullness of life the feeling of plenitude and increased energy." In other words, caring for life on Earth flows from an unbroken and expanding primary and healthy narcissism. Without this caring that flows from self-love, science and ethics will preach in vain for the preservation of biological diversity, ecological integrity, and real wilderness.

The megalomaniac or pathological narcissist has no love for others or for nature, because s/he needs all available psychic energy, and even more, in order to stave off a false self that is becoming more demanding and brutal. In megalomania, the backward flow of love, away from others and nature and toward the self, is a defensive reaction to the underlying reality of intensifying personal hurt and hatred: the original self is becoming weaker, and the false self stronger, because the gross injury to the psyche of the human being, by the trauma of civilization, festers"



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Povestea lui Prikoke. Exista multi oameni - fericiti in civilizatie, care poate si-au gasit si un sens. Nu vad, sau daca vad nu ii intereseaza detaliile civilizatiei. De ce spun eu ca "trebuie" sa le vada ? Nu stiu, asta e sensul meu, simt ca cel putin propaganda pot sa fac, daca stiu niste lucruri. De fapt - in nici un caz nu e atat de simplu "niste petrecareti" au distrus locul, "neatentie" si oare ce am eu cu ei. Se vede foarte bine ca - nu pentru ca "ne distram prea tare" mentinem aceasta masina care ne transforma si pe noi insine.
"A scapa de civilizatie" nu inseamna a reveni la topoare de piatra. "Inelul puterii" din Lord of the Rings, poti sa ai toate intentiile bune, in final nu functioneaza. Transforma si distruge tot.

Recomand filmul Dreamkeeper, apar mai multe legende ale indienilor. Un indian omorase un balaur dintr-un lac, si inima lui ii putea indeplini orice dorinta - daca si el asculta ce ii poruncea. In curand avea tot ce isi dorea, dar in fiecare zi inima ii poruncea tot felul de lucruri si trebuia sa se supuna, altfel ar fi pierdut tot. Pana intr-o zi cand s-a saturat, si a aratat tuturor inima - care trebuia tinuta ascunsa, altfel isi pierdea puterea, dar nu mai era decat un bolovan, si ceilalti nu au stiut ce voia sa le arate.