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Dianetics: A Dialogue

by Jascha Kessler

March 26th, 2007

“You clear me? I clear you? It’s not hypnotism, if that’s what scares you. You’re fully conscious. You merely learn how to scan your tapes. Then you’ll be getting full recalls in real time. Visio, sonic, tactilic, and olofactoric. Kinesthetic — which is weight and motion. Somatic — that’s pain. Thermic and organic — your insides. In Dianetics, organic is also emotive. The fact is, you don’t cry because you’re sad. You’re sad because you’re crying. Emotion is physical, not mental like that spooky Freudian stuff.”

Counsel at Crossroads: Job and Arjuna

by Nandan Datta

March 26th, 2007

The Book of Job and a central section of the Indian epic Mahabharata present interesting perspectives on some timeless questions.

Stemming from … Nowhere?

by Jascha Kessler

March 26th, 2007

To sum up in a phrase the true and deepest character of Lawrence’s genius, it was given by his close friend Aldous Huxley in an introduction to the first collected letters shortly after his death: he was a mystical materialist. And thereon hangs the tale I shall unfold.

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