The Id, ego
and Freud:
“Where does a
thought go when it is forgotten?” It began with this question, born in the mind
of Sigmund Freud. He spent his life answering this question (and its
derivatives) and came up with ideas we’ve been trying to forget since.
After all who
wants to know what goes on up there? Who wants to know the truth behind all
that anger, jealousy, and fears; those strange sexual fixations and bizarre
dreams? Who wants to know the secret wishes that lurk in the darkest recesses
of the unconscious?
“The mad man
is a dreamer awake.”… But self-realization is better than living in an
illusion. “Being entirely honest with one’s self is a good exercise.” “A man
should strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they
are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.” [p. 4 of Metro Plus of
the Hindu, Saturday, 28, 2013.]
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