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Guilt, Shame and the Name Game

I touched on guilt and shame in the post, I am foolish of human mind also? (p.276). Nevertheless, I feel our practice of naming such emotional experiences deserves its own post, so here goes, beginning with a personal example… Up until thirty years ago, I had never experienced depression… or so I didn’t think. Following […]

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Jun 27, 2012 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Autobiographical Tagged With: bio-hoodwink, Buddha, fairness instinct, guilt, human zoology, knowing, labels, science, shame, symptoms point of view, thinking, understanding

I am foolish of human mind also?

I am foolish of human mind also? is one of my favorite lines in chapter 20. The more literal the translation, the more peculiar it can read. If it helps, D.C. Lau interprets this line more poetically as, My mind is that of a fool – how blank. I do feel the literal phrasing of […]

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May 30, 2012 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Autobiographical Tagged With: fairness instinct, guilt & shame, human zoology, independance, interdependence, knowing, social animals, thinking, understanding

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