A metaphorical boner! - tikai tā es varu raksturot to prieka sajūtu, kāda rodas, kad lasu patiesi aizraujošu grāmatu, piemēram, šovakar no punkts aizlienēto Rick Strassman - DMT:The Spirit Molecule.
Intervija ar DMT lietotāju:
'Yes. I'll be a guru after this morning. You know how everyone's quest is to find the meaning or the purpose of life? Well, it's to feel this way. Life doesn't cut it normally.'
'What do you mean?'
'Everything about life. It's not very empowering. You aren't tought to focus on yourself. To realize the strenght you have in yourself. Life throws you into victim role. I know that's a trite expression, but I think it's true. Things do happen when you're out of control with your life. These DMT experiences are like the height of meditation, accessing inner power and inner strenght. You know that question about "higher power or God"? Well, I'm uncomfortable with that idea because it implies outside, but I do contact something deeper and more inside...'
Noskatījos DMT: The Spirit Molecule un Enter The Void - un jau kuro nakti sapņi tik psihodēliski/nomods gļukains.
Edward: 'It was a strong, gut feeling on her part that this was terrible. She couldn't stand the thought of seeing people in hospitals with tubes coming out of them. And she was determined never to be in that environment if she could possibly help it. And she and my father-- but really at her initiation-- promised each other that they would help each other. That they would not let each other suffer in old age. And they bought the book, Final Exit, by Derek Humphrey, which talked about this. They were counting on each other.'
Ira Glass: 'And at some point she gets you involved in this, right?'
Edward: 'She got me most involved when my father died. What she asked me to do was to basically, to play the part that my father would have done for her. But he was dead. And I felt it was an obligation to do this for her.'
Ar nepacietību gaidu Glenn D Wilson lekciju 'Mad, bad or sad?'
'Personality disorders are a contentious issue in psychiatry. How many are there and how reliable is their diagnosis? Are we just medicalising bad behaviour and social inadequacy. How should medical and criminal justice sectors divide responsibility?'
There's always something to look forward to.
277: Apology (originally aired 11.05.2004)
It's rare that a successful apology happens. One where you apologize to someone, not for selfish reasons, but because you're really sorry and you want them to know that, and when the person you're apologizing to really hears what you're saying. Three stories of people groping toward that moment.
Braucu metro mājup, pretīm apsēdās vīrietis - ap 35, kopts, vienīgais, kas sākotnēji pievērsa manu uzmanību bija zaļās matu šķipsnas, bet tas mani nemaz nepārsteidza, šķiet, ka jutu, ka kaut kas daudz fenomenālāks vēl tikai sekos. Tad viņš izvilka miljonu yugioh kāršu un sāka tās aizrautīgi kārtot man nesaprotamā secībā. Kad viņš ievēroja, kā uz viņu blendžu, viņš iemeta acis manā grāmatā, kur biju atvērusi nodaļu - 'Crime through gender's prism', viņš ieteicās: 'That's insane as well..' Abi pasmējāmies, tad kāpu ārā.
Parasti smēķēju virtuvē, bet šonakt apsēdos uz palodzes - biju piemirsusi, cik skaists ir neepiejamais pagalms.
Is a carrot the right icon for motivation? No.
Noliku glāzi vīna blakus monitoram, kad pabegšu pēdējo prison case study sadaļu, varēšu sevi apbalvot.
Dzejojot darbiņu par ieslodzījumu vietām un noziedzniekiem - 'Prison is good but I should't be here' - uzdūros ļoti intriģējošiem iepazīšanās saitiem.
1. Female Inmates Seeking Pen Pals aka "Jailhouse-Babes"
Mani piesaistīja 27 gadus jauna skaistule, kas saņēmusi mūža ieslodzījumu par 1st degree murder, kidnapping and robbery, viņa sludinājumā norāda, ka ir as guilty as they come, bet tāpat arī mīloša, inteleģenta un emocionāli nobriedusi persona, kura meklē kādu ar kuru dalīties savos pārdzīvojumos un diskutēt par mākslu, laicīgo un pārpasaulīgo. Nu, nu, nu.