“I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves.” ThinkingWritingHas BeensStoriesProcessOur LivesMythNarrativeMake SenseRewriting Author:Sam Keen
“Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't mean anything.” MeanHas BeensJobsForceViewsEconomicOur Society Author:Sam Keen
“If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms of the culture's values. We have to get beyond our cultural mythology to find out who we are.” IfsWellsHas BeensValuesCultureTermMythologyWho We AreDisillusionmentGood Family Author:Sam Keen
“On the pilgrim's path each man must become Moses, going on a vision quest to some mountaintop and returning with the ten or twenty commandments that he holds sacred. So long as we obey or break the rules that have been set up for us by the Giants - Parents and other Authorities - we remain good or bad children. Growing into the fullness of our humanity means that we become co-authors of the rules by which we will agree to have our lives judged.” MenMeanChildrenLongHas BeensHumanityParentVisionBreakPathOur LivesGrowingTenAuthorityTwentiesAgreeSacredGiantsJudgedQuestsCommandmentsFullnessMosesPilgrimGrowing Children Author:Sam Keen
“Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?” MenWorldGivingFirstsChildrenHas BeensRememberThreeFatherSimpleCreationBirthEqualWorshipEnvyMy ChildrenAweReverenceGoddessNew LifeOverwhelmedThree TimesWombGiving BirthMagnificence Author:Sam Keen
“Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we're encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement.” Has BeensEnoughPlaySuccessfulRiskIdentityCrisisDefenseBoredEngagementMechanismSolitaryNeuroticDisarmamentStaleFortressesConfinementIdentity CrisisOld MovieSolitary ConfinementDefense Mechanisms Book:What to do when you're bored and blue Source: What to do when you're bored and blue
