Konrad Banicki
@castalia1981.bsky.social
Philosophy • psychology • psychotherapy (gnōthi seauton) • psychiatry • Zen • chess • literature • Tweets in EN/PL • Views expressed, if any, are not mine
"silence is not the absence of noise; it is the vast interior landscape that invites us to stillness. At its heart, in our heart, it is the Other. Silence is not in itself religious, but to express the ineffable joys found in its depths is almost impossible without... 👇👇👇
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
"silence is not the absence of noise; it is the vast interior landscape that invites us to stillness. At its heart, in our heart, it is the Other. Silence is not in itself religious, but to express the ineffable joys found in its depths is almost impossible without... 👇👇👇
"Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness ... Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words" - Rainer Maria Rilke
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness ... Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words" - Rainer Maria Rilke
"Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xc...
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xc...
The Webb Sisters - If It Be Your Will (Official Live in London 2008)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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January 24, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xc...
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xc...
Zen Buddhism on the Aristotelian phronesis: "In this ever-changing, dynamic reality in which we live our lives, circumstances are different from moment to moment. This, of course, determines whether, for example, non-stealing or non-lying is called for. And although... 👇👇
January 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Zen Buddhism on the Aristotelian phronesis: "In this ever-changing, dynamic reality in which we live our lives, circumstances are different from moment to moment. This, of course, determines whether, for example, non-stealing or non-lying is called for. And although... 👇👇
"I have Anselm to thank for a second piece of advice, too. It was more of a statement. I had contemplated becoming a nun, which is not so very surprising for a Catholic girl. Mother would have been ecstatic; she often urged me to go down that path. When I told Anselm this, he said... 👇👇👇
January 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"I have Anselm to thank for a second piece of advice, too. It was more of a statement. I had contemplated becoming a nun, which is not so very surprising for a Catholic girl. Mother would have been ecstatic; she often urged me to go down that path. When I told Anselm this, he said... 👇👇👇
"Speak words of hope. Be human in this most inhuman of ages. Guard the image of man for it is the image of God." - Thomas Merton
January 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
"Speak words of hope. Be human in this most inhuman of ages. Guard the image of man for it is the image of God." - Thomas Merton
The registration is still open for an Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS) talk by Lisa Osbeck. Please feel invited to register and participate!
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January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The registration is still open for an Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS) talk by Lisa Osbeck. Please feel invited to register and participate!
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"The doorway into the silent land is a wound. Silence lays bare this wound. We do not journey far along the spiritual path before we get some sense of the wound of the human condition, and this is precisely why not a few abandon a contemplative practice like meditation... 👇👇👇
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
"The doorway into the silent land is a wound. Silence lays bare this wound. We do not journey far along the spiritual path before we get some sense of the wound of the human condition, and this is precisely why not a few abandon a contemplative practice like meditation... 👇👇👇
Marsha Linehan's 'hold my beer' moment:
"I should not have been surprised at my father’s response. Almost before I had finished describing my plan, to move and find a job to support myself, he said sharply, 'You won’t be able to get a job in Chicago.' 👇👇👇
"I should not have been surprised at my father’s response. Almost before I had finished describing my plan, to move and find a job to support myself, he said sharply, 'You won’t be able to get a job in Chicago.' 👇👇👇
January 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Marsha Linehan's 'hold my beer' moment:
"I should not have been surprised at my father’s response. Almost before I had finished describing my plan, to move and find a job to support myself, he said sharply, 'You won’t be able to get a job in Chicago.' 👇👇👇
"I should not have been surprised at my father’s response. Almost before I had finished describing my plan, to move and find a job to support myself, he said sharply, 'You won’t be able to get a job in Chicago.' 👇👇👇
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December 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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"hunting for so-called ‘religious experiences’ is not only futile, it is a form of hubris" - Maggie Ross (Martha Reeves)
Source: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...
Source: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...
December 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"hunting for so-called ‘religious experiences’ is not only futile, it is a form of hubris" - Maggie Ross (Martha Reeves)
Source: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...
Source: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...
"All the same, I hesitate to say this book is nonfiction. Indeed, I begin to wonder if we rightly label any book nonfiction, because perception and memory, the filters of dying and living, pain and joy, hurting and healing, all conspire to make liars out of those rash enough to write about their...👇
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"All the same, I hesitate to say this book is nonfiction. Indeed, I begin to wonder if we rightly label any book nonfiction, because perception and memory, the filters of dying and living, pain and joy, hurting and healing, all conspire to make liars out of those rash enough to write about their...👇
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. - John 1.5
December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. - John 1.5
"active acceptance requires careful observation, openness to experience & tolerance to all that life presents. Acceptance is the developed capacity to fully embrace whatever is in the present moment. It requires a spacious mind, an open heart & strength to bear one's experience"
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"active acceptance requires careful observation, openness to experience & tolerance to all that life presents. Acceptance is the developed capacity to fully embrace whatever is in the present moment. It requires a spacious mind, an open heart & strength to bear one's experience"
"If any man cannot grasp this matter, let him be idle and the matter will grasp him" Henry Suso
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"If any man cannot grasp this matter, let him be idle and the matter will grasp him" Henry Suso
"The choice for silence or noise, for carefulness or carelessness, is ours in every moment. To choose silence as the mind’s default in an accelerating consumer culture—a culture that sustains itself by dehumanizing people through the unrelenting pressure of clamor, confusion, & 👇
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"The choice for silence or noise, for carefulness or carelessness, is ours in every moment. To choose silence as the mind’s default in an accelerating consumer culture—a culture that sustains itself by dehumanizing people through the unrelenting pressure of clamor, confusion, & 👇
"Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn’t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power... 👇👇👇
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn’t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power... 👇👇👇
Registration is now open for Miles Leeson's online lecture "Who's There? The Psychology of Hauntings in Iris Murdoch's Fiction" from the Institute of Applied Psychology series!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Registration is now open for Miles Leeson's online lecture "Who's There? The Psychology of Hauntings in Iris Murdoch's Fiction" from the Institute of Applied Psychology series!
Sign up here: forms.gle/VztiefDtKDZC...
We invite you warmly!
@irismurdoch.bsky.social @lesleyjamieson.bsky.social
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I looked at him, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed... 👇
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I looked at him, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed... 👇
🧩 Join us for the Healthy Minds Conference!
📅 March 20–21, 2026
📍 Kraków, Poland
💬 A space for dialogue on mental health & wellbeing
🎓 Organized by JU’s Institute of Applied Psychology
💡 Theme: “Well-being in Hyperconnectivity”
📝 Register by Dec 31: forms.office.com/e/mAYzFarnvr
📅 March 20–21, 2026
📍 Kraków, Poland
💬 A space for dialogue on mental health & wellbeing
🎓 Organized by JU’s Institute of Applied Psychology
💡 Theme: “Well-being in Hyperconnectivity”
📝 Register by Dec 31: forms.office.com/e/mAYzFarnvr
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧩 Join us for the Healthy Minds Conference!
📅 March 20–21, 2026
📍 Kraków, Poland
💬 A space for dialogue on mental health & wellbeing
🎓 Organized by JU’s Institute of Applied Psychology
💡 Theme: “Well-being in Hyperconnectivity”
📝 Register by Dec 31: forms.office.com/e/mAYzFarnvr
📅 March 20–21, 2026
📍 Kraków, Poland
💬 A space for dialogue on mental health & wellbeing
🎓 Organized by JU’s Institute of Applied Psychology
💡 Theme: “Well-being in Hyperconnectivity”
📝 Register by Dec 31: forms.office.com/e/mAYzFarnvr
Registration for the upcoming lecture by Allen Frances on the challenges and threats related to chatbots is now open.
In order to register for the upcoming Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series event please use: t.co/6vqBnD4wQO
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October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Registration for the upcoming lecture by Allen Frances on the challenges and threats related to chatbots is now open.
In order to register for the upcoming Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series event please use: t.co/6vqBnD4wQO
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"The most sensitive musical instrument is the human soul. The next is the human voice. One must purify the soul until it begins to sound"
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Arvo Pärt's Speech from his Musical Diaries
YouTube video by lessthandust
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October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"The most sensitive musical instrument is the human soul. The next is the human voice. One must purify the soul until it begins to sound"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-k...
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I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
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September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
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22/22
In the Final Chapter of our volume Louise Williams presents the Three-Tiered Narrativism & shows how this framework can differentiate individuals with pathological narcissism from healthy personalities and be used for other theoretical purposes.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
In the Final Chapter of our volume Louise Williams presents the Three-Tiered Narrativism & shows how this framework can differentiate individuals with pathological narcissism from healthy personalities and be used for other theoretical purposes.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
22/22
In the Final Chapter of our volume Louise Williams presents the Three-Tiered Narrativism & shows how this framework can differentiate individuals with pathological narcissism from healthy personalities and be used for other theoretical purposes.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
In the Final Chapter of our volume Louise Williams presents the Three-Tiered Narrativism & shows how this framework can differentiate individuals with pathological narcissism from healthy personalities and be used for other theoretical purposes.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...