Layers of an onion, or spikes of an artichoke.

I finally have found some time to sift through the articles that have piled up over the semester.

One thing about me-->Sometimes I consider myself an atheist, other times an agnostic, most times however I reject labels and just am who I am. This being said, I have to say that coming across this article today was meant to happen--serendipity or superstition you choose.

Reference:

Hoskins, M, & Loseho, J. (1996). Changing Metaphors of the Self: Implications for counseling. Journal of Counseling and Development, 74(3), 243-252.

"...it would embarrass me to be told that more than a single self is a kind of disease. The great difference, which keeps me feeling normal, is that mine (ours) has turned up one after the other, on an orderly schedule...it is the simultaneity of their appearance that is the real problem and I should think psychiatry would do better by simply pursuading them to queue up and wait thier turn, as happens in the 'normal' rest of us" (p. 244).

Quotes around "normal" added by yours truly.

"So the narrative psychologist believes that scientific theories present refined stories (or rich metaphors) meant to depict complex causal processes in the world. And when human thought turns to such issues of 'What caused something to occur', many would argue compellingly that scientific stories represent the best analysis available. But when our thinking is drawn to a consideration of issues of meanings in our lives (For example, What do I wish to achieve in my life? What would be the moral or ethical action in a particular circumstance? What is the good life?), scientific stories might lack the rich resources of other non-scientific perspectives like philosophy, literature, clinical wisdom, and religion." (p. 248).

Socratic Buddha on deconstructing the "Self" and "Science".