Author: Kim Nam-Jo File Type: pdf Poems on nature and the human condition. Kim Nam-Jos dynamic use of sensual language and vibrant imagery portrays the subtlety of human emotions. Her poems offer both an affirmation of humanity and a passion for the religious life. **

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Author: Michael Eigen File Type: pdf Freud wrote that the greatest problem facing humanity is its destructive urge. There is no one factor that solves the issue. The Challenge of Being Human explores tendencies that make us up and capacities that try to meet them. The shock of ourselves is perennial. We are challenged by our own aliveness and a need to open doors as yet unknown. We are not done evolving, growing, learning, feeling, caring. Growth of capacity to tolerate and work with experience is part of our evolutionary challenge. This book seeks to support us in whatever ways we can begin to meet this challenge. **Review In this book, the prolific and distinguished psychoanalyst, Michael Eigen, weaves together the deeply private, uncanny, and disconnected fragments of self-experience with the lively, aware, and meaningful gestalt of life. Eigens optimism is not sentimental or exhortative. It is anchored in the many decades of his clinical work with severely ill patients, Buddhist humility, Bions epistemological challenge, and, above all, in a profoundly ethical protest against destructiveness. His robust commitment to the possibility of surprise, growth, and betterment is uplifting for us in both civic and clinical realms. A tour de force indeed! --Salman Akhtar, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Supervising and Training Analyst, Psychoanalytic Centre, Philadelphia, USA Michael Eigen is a fearless, tireless explorer of the furthest and deepest reaches of the human heart, mind, body and soul. In this latest richly rewarding volume, he displays his unwavering commitment to encourage, with those who seek his help, the development of the capacity to know, tolerate and work with the mysteries and wonders of the inner world. Profoundly engaged and engaging, Eigen brings his masterly clinical wisdom to the exploration of the human experience, from the depths of despair to the heights of ecstasy. He is always in humble awe of what we cannot know, and always infectiously curious about what can be discovered through that mysterious, alchemical process we call psychoanalysis. --Daniel Shaw, author Traumatic Narcissism Relational Systems of Subjugation. Beginning never stops, says Michael Eigen in this, his latest collection of beginnings. Yet some of us all of us -- need guides, companionship, hope, in order to begin, and thats what this book provides us. In a world of too many manuals and treatises on how to get unstuck, move ahead, achieve goals, Eigen inspires us to look deeply into our stuck-ness, our conflicts and contradictions, our limitations and infinities, and thereby to transform ourselves. Now more than ever, we need his bold sensitivity, his provision of a path to a beginning that is not only new, but wise. This book is Eigen running past us, arms outstretched, crying out Beautiful! And we look around us, and so it is. Eigen is not done beginning, and nor are we, and were grateful. --Nancy Burke, PhD, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, USA Michael Eigen is one of the most enriching writers of depth psychology today. This inspiring work pulses with drive and dedication and gives brilliant new life to psychoanalysis. --Mark Epstein, MD, author, Advice Not Given A Guide to Getting Over Yourself. Michael Eigens evocative exploration of the many challenges of being human is an utter delight. His writing seems inspired by a passion to understand how the psychological and spiritual meld together. Right from the start, I was drawn into its pages by the intriguing chapter titles Eigen has chosen, Thinking about Squirrels to name just one. To my mind, this book has the power to leave its readers feeling uplifted and refreshed for having read it. --Antonino Ferro, President, Italian Psychoanalytic Society About the Author Michael Eigen is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University (adjunct), USA, and a Senior Member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of books including Toxic Nourishment, The Psychoanalytic Mystic, Feeling Matters and Flames from the Unconscious.

Author: Timothy R. Levine File Type: pdf The Encyclopedia ofDeception examines lying from multiple perspectives drawn fromthe disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, business, political science, cultural anthropology, moral philosophy, theology, law, family studies, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and more. From the little white lie, to lying on a resume, to the grandiose lies of presidents, this two-volume reference explores the phenomenon of lying in a multidisciplinary context to elucidate this common aspect of our daily lives. Not only a cultural phenomenon historically, lying is a frequent occurrence in our everyday lives. Research shows that we are likely to lie or intentionally deceive others several times a day or in one out of every four conversations that lasts more than 10 minutes. Key Features More than 360 authored by key figures in the field are organized A-to-Z in two volumes, which are available in both print and electronic formats. Entries are written in a clear and accessible style that invites readers to explore and reflect on the use of lying and self-deception. Each article concludes with cross references to related entries and further readings. This academic, multi-author reference work will serve as a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers within social and behavioral science programs who seek to better understand the historical role of lying and how it is employed in modern society.