Saturday, December 10, 2022

 December 5, 2022


Thought for Today




"She was one of the people who say: 'I don't know anything about music really, but I know what I like,'"


Sir Max Beerbohm [1872-1956]

Zuleika Dobson [1911] Chapter 9



 December 5, 2022

 December 4, 2022




Thought for Today


"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism."


Sir William Osler [1849-1919]  

Montreal Medical Journal [1902]

 December 4, 2022

Saturday, December 3, 2022

 December 3, 2022


Reflections

 December 3, 2022


Thought for Today



"Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end,  burn human beings."




Heinrich Heine [1797-1856]

Admansor: A Tragedy [1823]

Friday, December 2, 2022

 December 2, 2022


Reflections



TRANSFERENCE


How much does one transfer onto others - what one experiences - from another relationship?


What goes on in second marriages?


When we call God "Our Father" - how much are the ways and likeness of God -  the ways and likenesses of our dad?


When we see someone with a statoscope and a doctor's jacket, do we interact with them as we think we should interact with a doctor?


What about police, priests, Protestant ministers, judges, politicians, waiters, waitresses?


Counselors, psychologists, are taught about transference - to use it for the other person's benefit - not their hurt,  They are taught to try to be aware of what's going on in the present situation.


Or they use the word, "counter-transference" in this game as well.


Does Jesus get put on his shoulders all the anger, hate frustration, people have with God, with people who are seen as Goody Two Shoes, etc.


Why do people rejoice with the good guy, the Holy Man, when they step on or slip on the banana peel.