| Experiment in Private Self-Consciousness |
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| Ned W. Schultz, Ph.D. Copyright ©2002 |
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| Five - Separation of Mind and Body | |
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Captures a tendency to ruminate and get isolated in negative thoughts and feelings. |
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Private intensification of affect...this time the excited, imaginative, overly eager thoughts than can carry me away. |
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Emotional aloofness from relying on thoughts to the exclusion of the whole self. |
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A more hopeful self-image in which mind and body are resonating together, working in harmony. |
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I didn't realize it at the time I made it, but this strikes me now as a childish view of "brilliance"...a glorified mind that somehow might light up the universe. Probably reflects a need for recognition or validation of self. |