Corpus evidence — top 10 passages

Most-relevant passages from the entire indexed corpus (67,286 paragraph chunks across YouTube transcripts, PubMed, arXiv, archive.org, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, OpenAlex, and more) ranked by semantic similarity (bge-small-en-v1.5).

1. 01 · _intake0.943

   > great psychic danger which is always connected with individuation or the development of the self lies in the identification of ego Consciousness with the self this produces an inflation

   _intake/claims-allbranch/curated-low/inflation/002-great-psychic-danger-which-is-always-connected-with-individu.md

2. 02 · blog0.736

   In the formula of dependent arising that we encounter at several places in the canonical literature, consciousness is said to arise in dependence upon the sense and the physical object. But the appearance of phenomena itself depend in turn upon this empirical awareness. Thus, the Buddha declares: Mind and body condition contact. By whatever properties, characteristics, signs or indications the mind factor is to be conceived, in their absence...would any grasping at the idea of the body factor be manifest? No, Sir...By whatever properties the mind factor and the body factor are designated, in t…

   blog/plato-stanford-edu/mind-in-indian-buddhist-philosophy.md

3. 03 · blog0.730

   All the techniques I know either help me to imagine more specifically or to project more strongly. So the only way I can send out harm is by first experiencing that harm within my own imagination. Instant and absolute karma - the natural, logical and inevitable outcomes of our own choices. I would think, also, that somebody dumb enough to dosuch workings often would soon lose the ability to imagine specifically, as their sensitivity dulled in sheer self-defense. That callusing effect is the reality behind the pious proverb that says "if you abuse it, She'll take it away." But not every otherma…

   blog/www-sacred-texts-com/internet-book-of-shadows-magickal-ethics-judy-harrow-internet-sacred-text-archiv.md

4. 04 · gutenberg0.727

   Now there is a danger in the contemplation of the nature of things, as there is a danger in looking at the sun during an eclipse, unless the precaution is taken of looking only at the image reflected in the water, or in a glass. (Compare Laws; Republic.) 'I was afraid,' says Socrates, 'that I might injure the eye of the soul. I thought that I had better return to the old and safe method of ideas. Though I do not mean to say that he who contemplates existence through the medium of ideas sees only through a glass darkly, any more than he who contemplates actual effects.'

   gutenberg/PG-1658-phaedo/PG-1658.txt

5. 05 · blog0.726

   Internet Book of Shadows: Psychic Self-Defense | Internet Sacred Text Archive Sacred Texts Index Previous Next Sponsored Links: Internet Book of Shadows , (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com PSYCHIC SELF-DEFENSE by =Carlin= One of the problems which faces the aspiring witch or magician is an increased sensitivity to and awareness of the "unseen" forces of the world. Usually this sensitivity is a delight, but occasionally it becomes a nightmare -- in the most literal sense of the word. In particular, this article deals with what spiritualists and shamans would refer to as spirit obse…

   blog/www-sacred-texts-com/internet-book-of-shadows-psychic-self-defense-internet-sacred-text-archive.md

6. 06 · blog0.725

   Spare, who was, of course, in his very special manner, quite an orthodox Freudian) of magic primarily taking place within the subconscious (Freud) or, less ambiguous, the unconscious (Jung); and if we furthermore agree that said unconscious is not only the source of personal magical energy (mana, or, as I prefer to term it, _magis_) but tends to think and act in symbols and images, we might come to the conclusion that our shaman`s explanation may perhaps not be scientificly more satisfying in Western terms, but it is surely more in accord with the way our unconscious tends to perceive reality.…

   blog/www-sacred-texts-com/internet-book-of-shadows-magickal-history-fra-apfelman-internet-sacred-text-arch.md

7. 07 · blog0.724

   Deflationary Worries and Modifications Critics contend these deflationary accounts do not adequately distinguish self-deception from other sorts of motivated believing (such as wishful thinking), nor can they explain the peculiar selectivity associated with self-deception, its characteristic ‘tension,’ the way it involves a failure of self-knowledge, or the agency of the self-deceiver. Self-Deception and Wishful Thinking : What distinguishes wishful thinking from self-deception, according to intentionalists, just is that the latter is intentional while the former is not (Bermúdez 2000). Specif…

   blog/plato-stanford-edu/self-deception.md

8. 08 · gutenberg0.721

   Evolutionary Psychology demands a Mind-dust. Some alleged proofs that it exists. Refutation of these proofs. Self-compounding of mental facts is inadmissible. Can states of mind be unconscious? Refutation of alleged proofs of unconscious thought. Difficulty of stating the connection between mind and brain. 'The Soul' is logically the least objectionable hypothesis. Conclusion.

   gutenberg/PG-57628-the-principles-of-psychology-volume-1-of-2/PG-57628.txt

9. 09 · yt0.720

   You have the translation from Dennis Redmond, which is a little bit less literary, but also more can can be not always, but can be more accurate. Oops, not this one. Okay, this is Let me at his table of contents. I'm just going to look at his um Yeah. Self-reflection of thought. Let's see if this is the same section. Yeah. So, this is actually we'll see a kind of a significantly different. The power of consciousness reaches all the way into its own deception. It is rationally cognizable where a detached rationality has run away from itself becomes false turns truly into mythology is a little b…

   yt/88CFLcDqNak-chris-cutrone-lecture-on-adorno-s-negative-dialectics-2/transcript.txt

10. 10 · blog0.718

    Section 4 reviews some of the most discussed themes in the philosophical literature on delusions: whether delusions are irrational; whether they are beliefs; and to what extent they overlap with cases of non-clinical beliefs such as self-deception and beliefs in conspiracy theories. The examination of the issues above culminates in the attempt to understand what makes delusions pathological, if indeed they are pathological, and how they differ from other beliefs that are considered unusual or irrational. 1. The Philosophical Significance of Delusion 1.1 Delusions in the philosophy of mind and …

    blog/plato-stanford-edu/delusion.md