A nomad in Delhi today. 🇮🇳

The body has a wisdom of its own. However slowly and circuitously that wisdom manifests, once it is experienced it is a foundation, a basis of knowing that gives confidence and total support to the ego.

— Marion Woodman, The Pregnant Virgin

The sound of India.

Utrolig at Syrias diktator kunne falle så raskt. At hæren bare smuldret opp. Etter et opprøret som startet for 13 år siden. #syria #assad
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The end of Assad’s dictatorship is a positive and long-awaited development. It also shows the weakness of Assad’s backers, Russia and Iran.

Our priority is to ensure security in the region. I will work with all the constructive partners, in Syria and in the region.

India today. Sunny but cold.

“Mad honey,” or “deli bal” as it’s known in Turkey, is a rare and potentially dangerous delicacy with psychoactive properties. Turkey’s Black Sea region is one of only two places in the world where it’s produced.

Ordentlig trist at Thomas Hylland Eriksen er død. Han var en uvanlig nordmann, en veldig morsom og hyggelig fyr, og et korrektiv mot den tidvis kvelende romantiseringen av nasjonalstaten Norge.

[W]e hurry into meanings. We have difficulty staying in a state of 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, a state that is essential to reverie. Not knowing is an eros moment, and if we linger there psyche begins to speak spontaneously.

— Russell Lockhart, Psyche Speaks: A Jungian Approach to Self and World

Nowadays everybody is so scared of life and of risk and of anything that comes from it, that we've developed brittle shells around ourselves which make us rather lonely beings.

— Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things Dialogues Episode 20 [YouTube]

When wealth occupies a higher position than wisdom, when notoriety is admired more than dignity, when success is more important than self-respect, the culture itself overvalues 'image' and must be regarded as narcissistic.

— Alexander Lowen