Saturday, March 24, 2007
“Recently psychologists have dramatically revised their ideas about how hypnosis works, and the modern theory is that of social compliance. Broadly, this means that there is no altered state when you are hypnotised – no trance, no sleep, and nothing mysterious at all. Hypnosis simply works because the subjects believe it will.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Q. Can scientists develop strategies to help people be more positive?
A. There is a study looking at the health effects of gratitude journals that help a person identify the events or experiences in their day that they are grateful for and write them down. If you do it in a systemized way, it prevents the [good feelings] from being thrown out from the gestalt of the day.
A. There is a study looking at the health effects of gratitude journals that help a person identify the events or experiences in their day that they are grateful for and write them down. If you do it in a systemized way, it prevents the [good feelings] from being thrown out from the gestalt of the day.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Tenía razón cuando pensaba:
‘aprenderé a sentir miedo’
‘un arte que me servirá
para ganarme la vida’.
Todo puede suceder
en la mente de un niño
y todo tiene un precio. Hoy
vuelven a aparecer
de entre las sombras,
no una imagen,
sino los cuerpos
de los siete ahorcados
como guindajos
que entrechocan
y hace sonar el viento.
Yolanda Pantin
‘aprenderé a sentir miedo’
‘un arte que me servirá
para ganarme la vida’.
Todo puede suceder
en la mente de un niño
y todo tiene un precio. Hoy
vuelven a aparecer
de entre las sombras,
no una imagen,
sino los cuerpos
de los siete ahorcados
como guindajos
que entrechocan
y hace sonar el viento.
Yolanda Pantin
Examination at the Womb-Door
Who owns those scrawny little feet? Death.
Who owns this bristly scorched-looking face? Death.
Who owns these still-working lungs? Death.
Who owns this utility coat of muscles? Death.
Who owns these unspeakable guts? Death.
Who owns these questionable brains? Death.
All this messy blood? Death.
These minimum-efficiency eyes? Death.
This wicked little tongue? Death.
This occasional wakefulness? Death.
Given, stolen, or held pending trial?
Held.
Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.
Who is stronger than hope? Death.
Who is stronger than the will? Death.
Stronger than love? Death.
Stronger than life? Death.
But who is stronger than Death?
Me, evidently.
Pass, Crow.
Ted Hughes
Who owns those scrawny little feet? Death.
Who owns this bristly scorched-looking face? Death.
Who owns these still-working lungs? Death.
Who owns this utility coat of muscles? Death.
Who owns these unspeakable guts? Death.
Who owns these questionable brains? Death.
All this messy blood? Death.
These minimum-efficiency eyes? Death.
This wicked little tongue? Death.
This occasional wakefulness? Death.
Given, stolen, or held pending trial?
Held.
Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.
Who is stronger than hope? Death.
Who is stronger than the will? Death.
Stronger than love? Death.
Stronger than life? Death.
But who is stronger than Death?
Me, evidently.
Pass, Crow.
Ted Hughes
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
de nada vale buscar moral
es una empresa inútil tratar de averiguar si una gran obra literaria hace más buenos o más malos a sus lectores, porque la manera como un poema, una novela o un drama opera sobre una sensibilidad o un carácter varía al infinito, y mucho más en razón del lector que de la obra.
la literatura
La literatura no hace ni más felices, ni más buenos, ni más malos, a los lectores. Los hace más lúcidos, más conscientes de lo que tienen y de lo que les falta para colmar sus sueños, y por lo mismo más insumisos contra su propia condición, más desconfiados frente a los poderes espirituales y materiales que ofrecen recetas definitivas para alcanzar la dicha, y más inquietos y fantaseadores, menos aptos para ser manipulados y domesticados
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