On the Life of the Symbol
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On the Life of the Symbol

To close your eyes is to see. In the dream state, the extraordinary state, or even in the everyday mundane, the symbol emerges—laden with ambiguous meaning, carrying its own psychic charge, and living its own life as if independently of our psyches and perceptions.

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Immanencing: Opening Up to Affect
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Immanencing: Opening Up to Affect

It’s almost impossible to talk about Open Awareness, one of the central tools in our practice, without bringing up affects- those pre-verbal and precognitive intensities that emanate from, and stick to bodies in space and time.

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Manifesto: One Psyche, Many Lives
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Manifesto: One Psyche, Many Lives

There is one psyche, but many lives.

I’m not referring to re-incarnation, I’m not sure I believe in it.I’m not even referring to the idea that all forms of life flow from one consciousness, although I strongly believe in it.

I’m referring to the multiplicity of possible lived experiences in this body and this Here and Now.

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