I actually pulled the quote from a book called Crossing the Rubicon, so I don't know the entire context from which it came.
My take on what he meant by this was that metal illness comes of a certail level of denial about one's suffering - refusal to believe that one has a problem. It is only when we face what troubles us on our own terms (hence "legitimate" suffering) can we come to grips with our problems, conquering them and then finaly living fully.
Thoes are just my reflections on it, though. I could be wrong. Anybody else have any thoughts?
If it's taken in the context of the book I'm reading, Crossing The Rubicon, it would make sense.
I think the sense the author was usiing it in was with reguard to the world oil situation and its inter-conectedness with drugs and big government. He (the author) tries to explain that we are ignoring the warning signs of an ailing world economy that is doomed for colapse, using hard data. Collectivly, we are essentaily putting blinders on to the idea that the economy cannot sustain itself given our dependence on hydrocarbon energy.
By the way, I've been reading your journal and it's rather impressive, my friend.
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quotez,
thoughtful 
August 22 2005, 12:22:08 UTC 6 years ago
August 22 2005, 21:10:54 UTC 6 years ago
My take on what he meant by this was that metal illness comes of a certail level of denial about one's suffering - refusal to believe that one has a problem. It is only when we face what troubles us on our own terms (hence "legitimate" suffering) can we come to grips with our problems, conquering them and then finaly living fully.
Thoes are just my reflections on it, though. I could be wrong. Anybody else have any thoughts?
August 22 2005, 16:25:53 UTC 6 years ago
August 23 2005, 03:38:12 UTC 6 years ago
You Could Be Right, But...
If it's taken in the context of the book I'm reading, Crossing The Rubicon, it would make sense.I think the sense the author was usiing it in was with reguard to the world oil situation and its inter-conectedness with drugs and big government. He (the author) tries to explain that we are ignoring the warning signs of an ailing world economy that is doomed for colapse, using hard data. Collectivly, we are essentaily putting blinders on to the idea that the economy cannot sustain itself given our dependence on hydrocarbon energy.
By the way, I've been reading your journal and it's rather impressive, my friend.
Be well.