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“being able to speak the truth about something through an available unmediated knowledge of the world” Stephen Madigan PhD (1999)
logocentrist “A structuralist method of analysis, especially of literary works, that focuses upon words and language to the exclusion of non-linguistic matters, such as an author’s individuality or historical context?”
Indeed I am flawed scientifically.. I like my real world tho’ albeit ephemeral and subjective and neotheistically challenged, just happy not be be God
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“His subversion of essentialist thought acts to undermine psychology’s logocentrist claim of – simply put – being able to speak the truth about something through an available unmediated knowledge of the world.”
Stephen Madigan PhD (1999)
“Because much of psychology ignores differences, the practice searches for something that is essential and substantial about the thing-in-itself rather than the thing-in-relation. Derrida (1991) argues that the recognition of difference forces us to abandon any essentialism or foundationalism in our search for the real thing.”
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“Since the seventeenth century, science has ‘owned’ the study of the body. Psychiatry, psychology and other helping professions – such as social work and family therapy – have welded themselves onto to this scientific project and appropriated their slice of this proprietorship.”
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Thanks for the questions, I could speculate. My problem is applying the rigour of empiricism to what is illogical. Our thinking minds seek scientific methodology as if life were controlled and predictable, reducing it to nuts and bolts, that the skill of living is measurable. I believe that living is an art, not a science to paint by numbers. And of course I am merely someone who gets help in fellowship through experience strength and hope.The moment of now, is my spiritual zeitgeist, thanks H
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These days, as spiritual principles within and without the fellowship/s have developed, we now see a plethora of theistic faiths and atheistic “non-faiths” being creatively adapted to “the program”, or rather, vice versa…
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Do you feel that this is how the movement will survive? By the spiritual ideology of the fellowship being permeated by the changing spiritual zeitgeist of its sociocultural surrounds? When you think about it, 70 years ago “the” program was “worked” in a virtually singularly protestant revivalist fashion.
It can only go at a pace set by people in the fellowship, fortunately I adapt to get the benefit as I can. I need be mindful of others views and respect them, and not undermine my own in the process, thanks Don
It would be good if the AA program was expanded in this direction…
“yes music for airports” Brian Eno link in the more information column on the right
It has not led to a conscious contact with God as others understand him. Rather it has opened the door to acceptance of the world as it is and my choices in it. I like spiritual, in the moment of now.
AA if it were to close the doors on change would weather and disintegrate. Epistemologies: “What is knowledge?”, “How is knowledge acquired?”, “What do people know?”, “How do we know what we know?”I am constantly learning what can be done with my rational and emotional constructs. Courage faith and confidence are learned attributes in living. That is what AA has given me.
I really like your take on anonymity. I think that it was originally a means by which the alcoholic could access help without being subject to the social stigma of being openly identified as alcoholic. Hence, one could attend meetings without, for example, being sacked from one’s job. At this point it was merely a practical measure. However, it seems that the hermeneutic wisdom of the membership then discovered a spiritual principle (humility) “hidden” within the logistic protocol of anonymity.
Is that Brian Eno I hear in the background?
Nothing lasts forever in the natural universe and certainly nothing lasts forever in the world of human understanding and knowledge.
As such, we are presently watching AA ideologically and physically disintegrate before our very eyes. Just as the Temperance Movement did.
That goes for all three Abrahamic religions too…
These faith based doctrines simply can’t withstand the emergence of human rationality and empirical epistemologies…
Members have to learn and believe all of that dogma and indoctrination. Whats new? wake up dude!
Hi Don,liked what you had to say.I always judge my spirituality today by how I am treating my fellows.Thats changed alot! I dont think we should be a secret society to hide in,I am not ashamed of being an alcoholic today.I never had a choice, John.
Yes it does make sense, thank you, will ponder on this. Change is key, as some say, AA can stand for “Altered Attitudes.” A bit low on blood sugars, had a hypo this morning so need rest a while and get back to stability slowly or high and low yo yo effect starts, regards Don
Hi Don – thank you as always for your daily broadcasts – I would suggest an extrapolation of your definition of spiritual, I would say yes you can cope but through AA I learnt to promote change and cope with that – your spirituality becomes your path forward, if that makes sense…
Once again Great video, Thanks.