There are various ways we undo ourselves with our words. Said more accurately, there are ways that we reveal emotions within ourselves that we may not be fully aware of. One instance of this is the non-apology. It is an apology that is immediately (though covertly) retracted. The syntax of the non-apology goes like this:
Author: Dan Pouliot
A New Hampshire native, Dan received his BFA in Oil Painting from UNH; his digital works are in multiple permanent collections. Dan’s been a positive psychology student/practitioner, a blogger, an amateur Remote Viewer, and now a novelist. His dual passions for anomalous cognition and positive thinking set the stage for his debut young adult novel, Super Human, published by PortalStar Publishing. Dan describes Super Human as The Karate Kid meets Escape to Witch Mountain.
Programming Your Dreams, Some Specifics
Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious. —Thomas Edison Following in Edison’s footsteps, I experiment with programming dreams to answer questions; I’ve created my own methods, based on my understanding of Remote Viewing theory. I’ve had some success, so a friend of mine asked me to advise on good questions to pose… Continue reading Programming Your Dreams, Some Specifics
I'll Support Your Illusions If You'll Support Mine
I recently happened upon an interesting piece 1 by Dr. Charles T. Tart over at the University of California. The article discusses the fear of ESP, but— ESP aside— contains remarkable insight into human nature. In it, he discusses an interesting psychological theory called “social masking”. He explains it like this: Briefly, the social masking… Continue reading I'll Support Your Illusions If You'll Support Mine
Victim Posturing Begets Victimhood
I stumbled upon a couple of comments in a recent article at the Washington Times that brilliantly illustrates a vital concept:
The Culpability of the No-Confidence Vote
Righteous smugness is such a nice feeling. No seriously. Who hasn’t enjoyed that feeling when witnessing someone else’s seeming incompetence? When your order gets botched, how eager are you to disparage the first customer service rep. who gets to handle your issue? But those feelings end up biting us back.
Resistance to New Ideas
“The resistance to any new idea is proportional to the square of its importance.” —Bertrand Russell