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Jul 24, 5:49pm    (174 reviews)  humor, psychology  http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/06280...

How to Reduce the Ego. &8212; Sri Chinmoy Inspiration

Jul 24, 5:42pm    (10 reviews)  psychology, religion, self-improvement  http://www.srichinmoybio.co.uk/blog/self...

From the page:

The ego is that part in us which feeds off praise, compliments and success. When we live in the ego we are inevitably subject to feelings of superiority / inferiority, pride and worthlessness, success and failure. If we want to avoid these negative emotions we need to transcend the ego. If we can transcend the ego, we will find that people are instinctively more attracted to us, even though we are no longer trying to impress. It may seem a great paradox, yet, limiting the role of our ego can make a radical difference to our lives.

To reduce our ego, we have to give great importance to our thoughts and motivation behind our actions. We have to be very strict with ourselves and work out why we are doing something. To reduce the ego, requires great vigilence, we need to reflect on each action and motivation. However, to reduce the influence of the ego, is of great value, it is the key to achieving a sense of inner peace.

mind.expressions: Authoritarianism and Psychopathy

Jun 14, 4:08pm    (1 review)  psychology  http://www.delanydean.com/2008/06/i-rece...

Carolyn Baker - POLITICAL PONEROLOGY: RELINKED REVIEW, By Carolyn Baker...

Jun 10, 7:41pm    (1 review)  politics, psychology, science, psychopathy, ponerology  http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/vie...

A good review of the very important book: Political Ponerology. I just don't like the author's use of the word "sociopath" for what should be "psychopath". Still, it's worth a read. From the page:

Political ponerology (originating from the Greek word for evil, poneros) is a science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposes which ultimately on a larger scale results in a pathocracy. The research indicates that sociopaths are found in all races, ethnicities, and creeds, and that no group is immune to them. Sociopaths constitute, according to the author, about 6% of the population of any given group. Red Pill's editor states that, "Political Ponerology is a book that offers a horrifying glimpse into the structure underlying our governments, our biggest corporations, and even our system of law." After I read the book, a number of nagging questions about the policies and practices of government and corporate officials began to answer themselves in that Lobaczewski's analysis goes to the heart of why the United States government has become a criminal enterprise hell bent on dominating the world and annihilating vast quantities of human beings globally and domestically.

Twenty-five Things to Know on Becoming a Teenager | Off-topic | LibraryThing...

Jun 1, 11:41pm    (44 reviews)  teen-life, psychology  http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

Twenty-five Things to Know on Becoming a Teenager. My favorite are:

1. You are somewhat better looking that you think you are.

2. You are somewhat more popular that you think you are.

3. Your parents are somewhat more cool than you think they are. They are somewhat less cool than they think they are.

7. People are not thinking about you. They are thinking about what you're thinking about them.

24. When you enter a room and everyone is laughing, it isn't about you.

25. When you enter a room and everyone is laughing, and you recently blew your nose, and they're all pointing at you, and there's something green swinging in the corner of your vision, considering revising rule 24.

Larkin - This Be The Verse

May 11, 2:30am    (10 reviews)  poetry, psychology, parenting, children  http://www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.h...

This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself. -- Philip Larkin

Time for changes Journal - The Role of Ideology in the Development of...

Apr 8, 11:37pm    (2 reviews)  politics, psychology, society, america, ponerology  http://journals.democraticunderground.co...

This is a follow-up articles to another one introducing Political Ponerology. In these two articles, the author did an excellent job explaining this very important subject in a very accessible way. From the page:

Lobaczewski writes a lot about the role of ideology for individuals or groups in the ponerogenic process that leads to pathocracies*. The ideology itself is usually not inherently evil (although it may be, as in the case of Nazism), and the ideology does not generally characterize the movement or group. Rather, the ideology serves as a mask, to hide the actual intentions of the group.

A perfect example of this explanation, in my opinion, is the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. If George Bush and Dick Cheney had told the American public, in their run-up to war, that it was necessary to invade and occupy Iraq in order to open up tens of billions of dollars worth of economic opportunity for their corporate cronies and to gain access to Iraqi oil, the American people and even their corporate news media would have been hard pressed to drum up much enthusiasm for war. Instead, we were provided with (especially after the "weapons of mass destruction" excuse was proven to be a lie) the ideology of democracy (We're doing it to bring democracy to the Iraqi people) and anti-terrorism (We have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here.)

Cheaters sometimes prosper | Ubyssey Online

Apr 6, 8:37pm    (4 reviews)  business, psychology, psychopathy  http://www.ubyssey.ca/?p=2962

Good article about THE biggest threat to humanity: psychopaths. From the page:

It is literally the stuff of nightmares and horror movies. Charming and often powerful, they seduce you to get your guard down. And then, without a second thought or any trace of remorse, they are able to cold-bloodedly thieve, rape, or murder you. Robert Hare, UBC's world-renowned professor emeritus of psychology, goes so far as to say that while they look and sound exactly like us, they are functionally a different species from human beings. And seven years ago, Hare estimated that up to one in one hundred Canadians is one of these people: psychopaths.

To make matters worse, Professor Hare recently remarked in a keynote address to a conference of criminal justice professionals that today's society is becoming more and more conductive to psychopathic behavior. Moral standards, reflected in television and politics, are glamorizing and normalizing what is abnormal predatory behavior, allowing psychopathic behavior to flourish more than ever.

Political Ponerology: Andrew M. Lobaczewski

Apr 4, 8:22pm  psychology  http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/political...

Time for changes Journal - Political Ponerology: A Science of Evil Applied...

Apr 3, 7:24pm    (11 reviews)  politics, psychology, bush, psychopathy, ponerology  http://journals.democraticunderground.co...

What is the cause of Fascism, Nazism, Communism, Zionism, Neoconservatism, and dictatorships? From the page:

Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools.

If you are born at the right time, with some access to family fortune, and you have a special talent for whipping up other people's hatred and sense of deprivation, you can arrange to kill large numbers of unsuspecting people. With enough money, you can accomplish this from far away, and you can sit back safely and watch in satisfaction.