Masochistic

The sadistic person is

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The sadistic person is as dependent on the submissive person as the latter is on the former; neither can live without the other. The difference is only that the sadistic person commands, exploits, hurts, humiliates, and that the masochistic person is commanded, exploited, hurt, humiliated. This is a considerable difference in a realistic sense; in … Read more

In the Middle Ages,

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In the Middle Ages, the troubadour poets invented the concept of courtly love–a fantasy love, a noble passion, which was also extra-marital and thus inevitably thwarted, illicit, adulterous. One of the medieval terms for it was amour honestus (honest love). I’ve always wondered why this passionate ideal–masochistic, spiritual-travelled with such wildfire throughout Europe. My poem, … Read more

There’s something about Saint

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There’s something about Saint Francis’s approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really conflicted person. Some people would say he’s masochistic . I don’t really know, but I’ve always loved his reverence and his mindfulness. Denison Witmer

To limit yourself to

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To limit yourself to a label of alcoholic is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to know your true self as unconditioned pure awareness. This doesn’t mean that recovering alcoholics don’t have to be concerned with relapsing, they must always remain vigilant. The power of addiction … Read more

Beyond the Einsteins and

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Beyond the Einsteins and Darwins, most scientists don’t have chroniclers. Einstein and Darwin were geniuses – that helps. Many scientists do amazing stuff, but it just disappears into footnotes and dusty medical journals. If I were masochistic enough, I could spend the rest of my life rescuing scientists. Most of them aren’t natural self-promoters. Deborah … Read more