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Jade Haj3 minutes ago
The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives. -Georges Bataille
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Hah. Maybe so. I think Bataille was onto something, although he was speaking of himself, it would seem, as per the quote. Not all neurotic individuals give -- in fact the majority would not. It would require a special skill to transcend and yet contain the neuroticism (perhaps something similar to what Fromm was hinting at regarding the critical power of neuroticism). Deviant states of mind are the result of departing from the norm. But what if the norm is itself psychotic, and those who depart from it are merely "neurotic"?
In any case, both notions of neurotic and psychotic stem from a dogmatic monistic insistence that they can only be ONE -- one normal and right path. This is incorrect. The most psychology healthy basis for a future mankind rests on a DUALISM. One has to see, simultaneously, what is seen, and what is NOT seen.
In any case, both notions of neurotic and psychotic stem from a dogmatic monistic insistence that they can only be ONE -- one normal and right path. This is incorrect. The most psychology healthy basis for a future mankind rests on a DUALISM. One has to see, simultaneously, what is seen, and what is NOT seen.
