By: Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS I love the ancient Greek dramas and comedies! The works of Sophocles, Euripides and especially Aeschylus I hold very dear to my heart because they are timeless. The themes they dared explore then are as pertinent and crucial now: family, ethics, love, betrayal, duty, honor, dedication and sacrifice, […]
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The Meaning of Consciousness
Man’s task is . . . to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious . . . As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. It may even be assumed that just as the unconscious affects […]
The Evolution of Consciousness from the Trinitarian to the Quaternarian
By Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD The chaos befalling the American Presidential election process, is, I think, reflective of the process of the evolution of consciousness we as a species are presently undergoing. We are well into a process that can best be described, in my view, through the application of Jungian Analysis and the […]
Nietzsche and The Birth of Tragedy
The joyous necessity of the dream experience has been embodied by the Greeks in their Apollo: Apollo, the god of all plastic energies, is at the same time the soothsaying god, He, who (as the etymology of the name indicates) is the “shining one,” the deity of light, is also ruler over the beautiful illusion […]
There is No Reality Without Perception
. . . non-conceptual essence is pure non-duality or unicity in which the notions of both subject and object are merged. Just as the sun does not know light because it is light, so you do not know your original nature (as an object) because you are that. It is forever beyond the grasp of […]
Living Out of Compassion
“The key to the Grail is compassion, ‘suffering with,’ feeling another’s sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds the dynamo of compassion is the one who’s found the Grail.” – Excerpt From: Campbell, Joseph. “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living.” Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2011-08-01 – Dr. Jaime G. […]
QLM: Quality of Life Modeling Seminar – Achieving Your Goals
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill – Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS Some time ago, I conducted a seminar about living a life of quality and significance, about becoming the person you were born to be (QLM: Quality of Life Modeling). It […]
QLM: Quality of Life Modeling Seminar – Congruence in Communication
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.” – Albert Careb – Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS Some time ago, I conducted a seminar about living a life of quality and significance, about becoming the person you were born to be. It seems to me that many people, particularly in […]
The Feeling and Thinking Functions
A feeling is as indisputable a reality as the existence of an idea.” – Dr. Carl Jung, “The Psychology of the Transference,” CW 16, par. 531 – Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS In my book “Beyond Bedside Manner: Preserving the Vessel For Your Soul’s Journey,” one of the key points I touch on is the […]
Right Action
When you stand before God, you can’t say, “I was told by others to do this or that. That virtue was not convenient at the time.” Your Soul is in your keeping. What you decide to do every day will determine if you will be a good man or not.” From the Movie, “Kingdom of Heaven” […]