- Follow Desultory Heroics on WordPress.com
-
Categories
Featured Newscasts
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets-
Recent Posts
- Saturday Matinee: The Green Knight
- US Gov’t Remaining Silent on American Detained in Ukraine for His Political Views
- Conspirators for the Constitution: When Anti-Government Speech Becomes Sedition
- Those ‘Dam’ Russians… Now They’re Flooding Themselves for Propaganda!
- Two for Tuesday
- EU’s Voluntary Disinformation Code Is Compulsory: Obey or Die
- America’s Addiction to War Comes with a 15 Trillion Dollar Price Tag
Recent Comments
Tag Archives: Emotions
Contemplating Human Extinction Terrifies Most People: A Strategy for Survival
By Robert J. Burrowes Any serious study of the relevant scholarly literature reveals at least four possible paths to imminent human extinction, that is, human extinction within five years: nuclear war, the climate catastrophe, the deployment of 5G and biodiversity … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, elites, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged 5G, conditioning, Consumerism, coronavirus, corporate media, Covid-19, Education, Emotions, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Non-Violence, obedience, Philosophy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
Leave a comment
It’s better to focus on where you are going than how you are feeling
By Christian Jarrett Source: aeon The notion that emotional pain and suffering reflect a deviation from a default happy baseline has been referred to as the ‘assumption of healthy normality’. But it’s a mistaken assumption. Estimates of the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Health, Psychology, Science, society
Tagged Behavioral Science, Behaviour, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, happiness, Health, Meaning, Pain, psychology, Purpose, science, social anxiety disorder, society, Suffering, valued path, wellbeing
Leave a comment
The Power of Vulnerability
By Milan Karmeli Source: Collective Evolution Vulnerability is about being honest, and this includes embracing our dark side. No matter whether we find ourselves on the conservative spectrum or liberal, we often abuse morals and ideals in order to avoid … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awareness, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, Fears, Honesty, Humanity, Pain, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality, Truth, Vulnerability
Leave a comment
The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Consumerism, Education, Emotions, environment, Extinction, fear, Health, pharmaceutical industry, psychology, Socialization, Sustainability, Violence, war
3 Comments
Embodied Spirituality: The Truth Shall Set You Free
By Jack Adam Weber Source: Collective Evolution For myself, spirituality means aligning with what is true, or most likely true. This means looking at what is true through the lens of my unique experience and self-reflection (subjectively) and what is … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Awareness, Big Pharma, Consciousness, Critical Thinking, Denial, Emotions, environment, False Beliefs, fear, Health, Honesty, objective truth, Philosophy, psychology, Resilience, Rumi, science, spirituality, subjective truth, Truth
Leave a comment
SHAME: How To Beat The Two-System Blame Game That Takes Us Down & Keeps Us Stuck
By Jack Adam Weber Source: Collective Evolution Shame is different from guilt, because guilt is to feel badly about something we have done; shame is to feel badly about who we are. We might develop shame because we have been … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, conditioning, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, fear, Guilt, Health, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, Self-Care, Self-image, Shame, society, Sociology
Leave a comment
Why Fear and Self-hatred Destroy Human Sharing and Solidarity
By Robert J. Burrowes As our world spirals deeper into an abyss from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to extricate ourselves, some very prominent activists have lamented the lack of human solidarity in the face of the ongoing genocide … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Burma, economic inequality, elites, Emotions, fear, greed, Hatred, military spending, Philosophy, psychology, Rohingya, Self-hatred, Selfishness, Sharing, society, Solidarity, Suffering, Violence, Wealth Gap
4 Comments
‘Violence Against Women: Why the UN Secretary-General Got it Wrong’
By Robert J. Burrowes In his remarks on the recent International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – see ‘Violence Against Women is Fundamentally About Power’ – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres inadvertantly demonstrated why well-meaning efforts being … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Behavioral Psychology, Childhood Development, culture, Deep Listening, Domestic Violence, Emotions, Flame Tree Project, Non-Violence, psychology, Punishment, society, Sociology, Violence
1 Comment