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suffering. This conflict, which goes by the

name of neurosis, is the inevitable result of our

highly developed thought process. This choice

implies uncertainty, and that's where all our

problems start.

Who do you think you are?

All purely cognitive approaches to self-

development – thinking yourself into a more

acceptable self-concept – are, literally,

eccentric. Cognitive-based work assumes that

mind can exert power over matter. This is

patently not true. Mind is certainly the driver

of our existential machine, but matter - the

basic drives of our flesh and blood - is

indisputably the engine. All cognitive so-called

‘solutions’ need constant external re-

affirmation to re-inforce their polarised,

‘mindful’, positive concepts. But, whatever the

state of mind of the driver, our negative, dark,

irrational, instinctive and intuitive aspects

represent a powerful source of energy that can