Narcissism – Living Without Feelings
The word narcissism is one that has in recent years has been increasingly used in popular press to describe personalities and lifestyles. However, one form of Narcissism is a little understood personality disorder which is increasingly showing up in our leaders across political, business, sporting, psychological and spiritual institutions
The undealt card of love
"Knowledge of each other, not of the flesh but through the flesh, knowledge of self, the real him, the real her, in extremis, the mask slipped from the face..."
Anonymous (2nd session)
I feel so rosy, warm and calm. Like I sat [...]
Minke * * * * * *
It is a rare experience to experience total relaxation through [...]
Alain de Botton on love
The most superficially irrational, immature, lamentable, but nonetheless common of all the presumptions of love is that the person to whom we have pledged ourselves is not just the center of our emotional existence but is also, as a result - and yet in a very strange, objectively insane and profoundly unjust way - responsible for everything that happens to us, for good or ill. Therein lies the peculiar and sick privilege of love