Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Day 27 - Action Trumps Depression
K-punk, in speaking about Capitalist Realism, but with application here:
A parallel with clinical depression may be instructive here. In particularly acute cases of depression, it is recognized that no verbal or therapeutic intervention will reach the patient. The only effective remedy is to do things, even though the patient will, at that time, believe that any act is pointless and meaningless. But 'going through the motions' of the act is an essential pre-requisite to the growth of belief 'in the heart'. Much as Pascal famously argued in his Wager, belief follows from behaviour rather than the reverse. Similarly, the only way out of cultural depression like now is to act as if things can be different.
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cool quote.
"In particularly acute cases of depression, it is recognized that no verbal or therapeutic intervention will reach the patient. The only effective remedy is to do things, even though the patient will, at that time, believe that any act is pointless and meaningless."
does this include electrocution?
anyway, here's a "fan" of yours quoting Campbell quoting Sri Ramakrishna.
"Sir Ramikrishna said, 'Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.'"
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"In particularly acute cases of depression, it is recognized that no verbal or therapeutic intervention will reach the patient. The only effective remedy is to do things, even though the patient will, at that time, believe that any act is pointless and meaningless."
does this include electrocution?
anyway, here's a "fan" of yours quoting Campbell quoting Sri Ramakrishna.
"Sir Ramikrishna said, 'Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.'"
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