15 April 2014 @ 04:43 pm
 
Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.
First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.
Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.
Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.

(Patrick Rothfuss "The Name of the Wind")
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pelnufeja[info]pelnufeja on April 15th, 2014 - 05:26 pm
es pati neuzgāju, man [info]saccharomyces jau sen bija ieteikusi, un man arī kindlē bija tā grāmata, bet ir taču tik grūti izšķirties par to, ko lasīt, turklāt tur taču ir vairāk kā 600 lapas!! es kopš bērnības neesmu lasījusi nevienu grāmatu, kam būtu tik daudz lapu ( vismaz pēdējos daudzus gadus toč), tas mazliet jau līdzinās tai sajūtai, kad kāds tev ir pateicis "nu, tagad divu nedēļu laikā uzraksti stāstu", metas mazliet nelabi ap dūšu.
bet jā - grāmata ir burvīga, nez kāpēc mazliet atgādina pusnakts bērnus, varbūt tās ceļojošās trupas dēļ, nu, katrā ziņā te ir daudz vairāk par "izdomāto, interesanto pasauli", kas man nenormāli besīja, piem, Valka grāmatā.
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honeybee[info]honeybee on April 15th, 2014 - 05:59 pm
Heh, man viņš tieši ar "izdomāto, interesanto pasauli" galvenokārt patīk, viss pārējais ir mīļi, bet neobligāti :D
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