Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human PotentialBased on Gurdjieff's notion that most people are automatons controlled by mechanical habits of thought, perception and behavior. |
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... superego de- tects when you are just thinking about transgressing , “ lusting in your heart , " and makes you feel bad for even considering it . If you actually do something forbidden , the superego will punish you with guilt even if no ...
... superego de- tects when you are just thinking about transgressing , “ lusting in your heart , " and makes you feel bad for even considering it . If you actually do something forbidden , the superego will punish you with guilt even if no ...
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... superego does not think this lack of selectivity in favor of the " appropriate ” and “ good ” is fine at all ! Sometimes what you will observe are constant superego disapprov- als and attacks . Indeed , the superego would like to take ...
... superego does not think this lack of selectivity in favor of the " appropriate ” and “ good ” is fine at all ! Sometimes what you will observe are constant superego disapprov- als and attacks . Indeed , the superego would like to take ...
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... Superego Attacks A common reaction to discovering ( in consensus consciousness ) that you've stopped sensing , looking , and listening is to suffer a superego at- tack . " I resolved that I was going to do this , and I've failed already ...
... Superego Attacks A common reaction to discovering ( in consensus consciousness ) that you've stopped sensing , looking , and listening is to suffer a superego at- tack . " I resolved that I was going to do this , and I've failed already ...
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