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Filosofie şi Jurnalism

18 ianuarie 2008

Mă gândeam aseară că anul trecut, pe vremea asta, îmi aveam tot viitorul planificat, ceea ce e mai mult decât ridicol, având în vedere că mie nu-mi plac lucrurile plănuite. Ştiam cu siguranţă că îmi voi încerca norocul la stat, la Psihologie. Chiar mă pregăteam intens, îmi băteam capul cu sinteze şi ceream ajutorul studenţilor la psihologie, mă pregăteam pentru propria mea viaţă.

Ştiam că Psihologia e pentru mine, eram născută pentru a fi psiholog, nu aveam niciun dubiu în această privinţă. Nu ştiam exact pe ce anume mă voi specializa, dar consideram cu foarte mare atenţie psihologia infantilă.

Cu două luni înainte de examenul de bacalaureat, a venit mama în ţară. Mama e devoratoare de talk-showuri, şi din dorinţa de a-mi petrece cât mai mult timp cu ea, mă uitam şi eu la diferite talk-showuri mai mult sau mai puţin interesante, doar de dragul ei şi a amintirilor pe care aveam să le preţuiesc până la următoarea noastră întâlnire.

Cu o lună înainte de examen, într-o dimineaţă, la cafea, i-am spus mamei că voi da la Jurnalism, şi nu la Psihologie. Mama a fost mai mult decât încântată; nu privea şi nu priveşte cu ochi buni psihologia şi ar fi fost fericită cu orice altceva în afară de meseria de psiholog.

Între timp, la şcoală, am primit broşura Universităţii Spiru Haret.

Aproape simultan, cel mai bun prieten al meu din liceu – şi el, viitor student la Psihologie –, a renunţat la idee în favoarea filosofiei.

Cu doar o lună la dispoziţie, am adunat informaţiile necesare pentru examenul de admitere la FJSC. Cunoşteam o studentă în anul I la FJSC şi ea mi-a furnizat informaţiile de care aveam nevoie, plus câteva plimbări la sediul FJSC şi înainte să-mi dau seama, m-am văzut cu o foaie în faţă şi un hoas în cap.

Nu ştiam nimic despre mass-media, nici nu mă interesa. Interesul meu pentru lumea mass-media echivala, dar nu depăşea interesul manifestat pentru următorul film difuzat la HBO într-o seara ca oricare alta. Eu ştiam că pot scrie şi că am multe lucruri de spus; asta a fost deajuns să renunţ la visul de a deveni psiholog în favoarea unei meserii despre care nu ştiam nimic.

Nu ştiu ce s-a întâmplat, nu am avut timp să meditez asupra schimbării bruşte. Acum realizez că mi-am schimbat cursul vieţii fără să mă gândesc, fără să cercetez, fără să formulez lista pro şi contra; pur şi simplu m-am ignorat pe mine însămi şi am plonjat cu ochii deschişi în aer. De ce am făcut asta? Nu ştiu.

După eşecul total suferit, m-am văzut din nou, la început de drum cu mii de căi în faţa mea. Am căutat prin sertare broşura Universităţii Spiru Haret pe care din nesiguranţă am păstrat-o şi am citit lista facultăţilor din cadrul universităţii. Atâtea facultăţi, atâtea oportunităţi, atâtea alegeri. Am încercuit Facultatea de Filsoofie şi Jurnalism.

De ce am ignorat celelalte facultăţi, de ce am trecut peste facultatea de Psihologie şi am încercuit ceva despre care nu aveam idee? Nu ştiu.

Cu câteva zile înainte de ziua mea, m-am prezentat în Berceni, am completat un formular, am semnat un contract, am plătit o taxă şi am devenit, într-o secundă, studentă la Filosofie şi Jurnalism.

Am aflat că nu voi trata exclusiv domeniul jurnalismului până în anul III. Primul şi al doilea an universitar fiind împărţite în mod egal între filosofie şi jurnalism. Nu mi-a plăcut ideea de a fi nevoită să învâţ doi ani filosofie. Nu aveam nimic împotriva filsoofiei, mă intriga, chiar, dar nu mă consideram aptă şi nici vrednică de un asemenea domeniu. Îl cunoşteam bine pe cel care mi-a fost coleg de bancă trei ani şi bun prieten tot atâţia ani, şi eram sigură că eu nu sunt făcută pentru filosofie: eu nu-l suportam pe Kant, îl detestam pe Nietzsche, mari personalităţi ale filosofiei. Cum putea filosofia să mă primească cu braţele deschise în lumea ei sacră, când eu îi renegam copiii?

Acum, patru luni mai târziu, nu-mi imaginez să fiu altundeva. Recunosc, uneori, mă întreb cum ar fi fost dacă nu renunţam la Psihologie. Uneori, duc dorul unei vieţi netrăite. Uneori, regret că una dintre vieţile mele a murit chiar înainte de a se naşte. Doar uneori…

Aveam de gând, în toamnă, să părăsesc Spiru Haret şi să-mi încerc din nou norocul la stat. Am descoperit, însă, că îmi place unde sunt, mă simt bine şi nu mă consider în niciun fel mai dezavantajată decât studenţii FJSC, dimpotrivă, mă consider norocoasă pentru că sunt unde trebuia să fiu, în preajma persoanelor pe care trebuia să le cunosc. Universitatea de stat poate trăi şi fără mine, doar m-a respins când am vrut-o, nu? Eh, acum nu o mai vreau eu pe ea, sunt acolo unde trebuia.

Am redescoperit filosofia şi m-am îndrăgostit de ea. Nu mai îmi pasă că nu sunt vrednică de a o cunoaşte, nu mă mai chinuie fanstasmele lui Nietzsche şi nici cele ale lui Kant, o iubesc, şi iubirea nu ţine cont de nimic altceva decât de ea însăşi.

Pas cu pas am intrat în lumea mass-media. Undeva, acolo, mi-am văzut viitoarea casă. Acum, e doar o cocioabă, sărăcăcioasă, murdară, veche şi urâtă, dar în curând va fi a mea. O voi redecora. Apoi, îmi voi aduce iubirea în casă şi-mi voi crea o lume doar a mea, şi a celor îndeajuns de curajoşi să păşească în ea.

Poate e vorba doar de entuziasmul studentului în anul I, poate e vorba doar de persoanele pe care le-am întâlnit şi m-au inspirat, mi-au insuflat iubirea şi dorinţa de a face ceva, altceva decât ceilalţi.

Deşi opun rezistenţă, rezistenţa e doar o iluzie căci recunosc adevărul când îl văd, şi adevărul e că se poate; se poate mai bine, mai frumos, mai drept, mai curat. Şi va fi. Cândva. Dacă nu acum, atunci, după moartea generaţiei mele. Cândva, o generaţie capabilă şi voitoare se va naşte şi toată murdăria asta va fi doar un text într-un manual de istorie.

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Back with Sleep Paralysis

7 ianuarie 2008

I keep reading these articles on sleep paralysis and know, my friends, that there is no cure for it and that 2% of the world’s population experiences sleep paralysis at least once.

What I find amusing is that everyone keeps advising that the only way to fight sleep paralysis is to relax and let it pass. Now, can someone please, tell me how in hell’s name can you do that? It’s impossible to relax when a loud sound is constantly buzzing in your ears, when your body shakes from all its joints and when you are aware that you cannot wake up no matter how loudly you scream or how hard you force your muscles.

I often have these hallucinations that I’m waking up, that I manage to move and that I am out of the episode, only to discover few moments later that it was just another hallucination.

The most disturbing part of sleep paralysis is the feeling of helplessness and of course the sense of reality of the hallucinations that are almost capable of driving you insane. Another frightening ‘symptom’ prior to an episode is the feeling that your body weights a ton – this usually lets me know I’m in trouble but it’s already too late to do anything about it, the episode starts in a matter of seconds.

Usually, a sleep paralysis episode cannot and will not last more than a few seconds, but we all know that when we dream, time is irrelevant – those few seconds could feel like hours of struggling against something you cannot control. I’m a control freak, and being faced with the impossibility to control my own body and mind scares the shit out of me.

The good thing is that I’m learning to fight off the hallucinations, at least it’s a beginning. Whenever a image makes its way into my head I remember myself that I’m having a sleep paralysis episode and that the image is not real and focus my attention back on relaxing or trying to fight it, however fighting it it’s pretty useless, it will only make you panic even more.

You know, it’s funny, this disorder is the reason why I do not drink anymore, not even a beer. Every time that I drink a beer or I pull an all-nighter, I have another episode of sleep paralysis, so I decided that I will do whatever necessary to avoid this madness which has tormented my sleep since I was a child.

I cannot believe that these psychologists, or psychiatrics haven’t developed a treatment for this disorder – it’s insane not to be able to at least alleviate the episode.

Therefore, my dearest readers, if you wish to avoid sleep paralysis – and I strongly recommend you avoid it at all costs: • don’t drink too much alcohol, or if you are known to be a ‘weak drinker’, don’t drink at all; • don’t deprive yourself of sleep; • keep a clean eating and sleeping schedule; • don’t do drugs – more so if you are susceptible to narcotics; • avoid stress at all costs.

A few advices to follow during an episode: • try not to panic, although I find that hard to do; • remember that what you might see or feel is not real, it is just a hallucination; • know that you will be just fine after you wake up; • concentrate yourself on moving a finger or screaming; • remember that hallucinations can be really smart and can fool you into thinking you’re awake; • know that the threatening presence you’re feeling is not real – just another of those smart hallucinations; • know that you are not experiencing an alien abduction, a ghost appearance, a demon possession or nothing of the sorts – it’s just a rather normal function of your brain gone terribly wrong; • don’t panic, the amount of fear and the stress can have strong effects on your body; • in addition, I have observed that most of my episodes happen when I leave the music on and go to sleep. I don’t know if this is a rule or not, but for me, music often triggers sleep paralysis. So, just to be sure, try not to forget your player open at night.

And no, I don’t have anything with sleep paralysis, apparently, it has something with me, Ştefan.

 

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“Sleep Catatonia”

12 noiembrie 2007

I just had the most beautiful dream ever and then this had to come. I simply hate it, I really do.

I do not know how to call this state yet but it has been happening to me almost regularly since I was 5 years old.

Psychologists call it the Sleep Paralysis, other people call it the Astral Catatonic State, either way I hate it.

I haven’t experienced it in more than six months when it began again just out of nowhere… Let me explain what “Sleep Catatonia” is.

Sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis).

Physiologically, it is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the bodily paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully aware, but unable to move. In addition, the state may be accompanied by hypnagogic hallucinations.

Sleep paralysis occurs during REM sleep, thus preventing the body from manifesting movements made in the subject’s dreams. Very little is known about the physiology of sleep paralysis. However, some have suggested that it may be linked to post-synaptic inhibition of motor neurons in the pons region of the brain. In particular, low levels of melatonin may stop the depolarization current in the nerves, which prevents the stimulation of the muscles, to prevent the body from enacting the dreamt activity (e.g. preventing a sleeper from flailing his legs when dreaming about running).

Several studies have concluded that many or most people will experience sleep paralysis at least once or twice in their lives.

Many people who commonly enter sleep paralysis also suffer from narcolepsy. In African-Americans, panic disorder co-occurs with sleep paralysis more frequently than in Caucasians. Some reports read that various factors increase the likelihood of both paralysis and hallucinations. These include:

- Sleeping in an upwards supine position

- Irregular sleeping schedules; naps, sleeping in, sleep deprivation

- Increased stress

- Sudden environmental/lifestyle changes

- A lucid dream that immediately precedes the episode. Also conscious induction of sleep paralysis is a common technique to enter a state of lucid dreams, also known as WILD.

- Artificial sleeping aids, ADD medications and/or antihistamines

- Recent use of hallucinogenic drugs

(from Wikipedia)

Inevitably, many cultures refer to this state as a sign of paranormal activity: demonic possessions, ghost appearances and such. Thus, this view upon Sleep Paralysis:

There is a state of awareness that most of us encounter at some time or another that is not astral projection, nor is it a dream.

The catatonic state of awareness is when our consciousness detaches and transfers itself from our physical body to our etheric body (but not yet in the astral body). However, the etheric body is still considerably attached to the physical, and has most of the “control”.

Clinical psychologists call this Sleep Paralysis, but they are wrong. They define this as a REM sleep state and that the consciousness can not become aware of anything by perceiving it and that it can be aware of nothing except what it “hallucinates”. When I read about Sleep Paralysis, I have to smile, because here are some of the symptoms:
- Vibrations and shaking
- The sensation of floating, as in “out of body”
- The sense that other beings are in the room or vicinity
- The ability to see through closed eyes.

We are immobile because the abilities are no longer with the physical. You can “see” through closed eyelids because we are seeing in the etheric body (I get this all the time). Your physical “muscles” don’t work because your consciousness is no longer sending conscious signals to your physical body. Since the etheric is also known as the electromagnetic body, you can hear radio waves and people on the lower planes. Another common side effect is the inability to move (again, because you are not completely attached to the physical body so you cannot scream, move, or anything of a physical nature). It’s like having a mind, and no body. This can be a terrifying state (and is for about 90% of reported cases) because although you can hear people in or near your room, you are immobile! If you read my Science and Astral Projection Link (and then read the “test results”) you’ll see that the catatonic state increases with the use of these magnets due to the nature of the etheric body.

The chemical process that creates this catatonic state, thus allowing the consciousness to switch vehicles, starts with REM sleep. REM sleep begins with signals from an area at the base of the brain called the pons. These signals travel to a brain region called the thalamus, which relays them to the cerebral cortex. The pons also sends signals that shut off neurons in the spinal cord, causing temporary paralysis of the limb muscles (the catatonic state).

(from astralvoyage.com)

Either way, my friends, I simply hate it. I just had one of my best, amazing dreams of my life before this state came along and ruined it for me. Now, tell me if you wouldn’t hate it. I’ve dreamt that I was flying (I dream that a lot, although I have no secret desire to fly) and there was this almost heavenly landscape with great, immense trees, white flowers everywhere, a sky so deep and blue, an amazing waterfall, and rivers everywhere, and I saw a beautiful path in the woods and it was indescribable, I tell you. I saw a peacock flying with other small birds, and it was… exquisite! It was a strange place because there was a forest and near it along the path there was a small river laid on what seemed to be snow, but I touched it and I expected it to be cold but it was not because that was not snow, but sand, white, pure sand. I swear it was one of the most liberating dreams I have ever had. Of course, I knew it was a dream… I loved it nonetheless.

Like I’ve said, I’ve had this states of mind since I was a child and imagine how a seven old year would feel during a Sleep Paralysis episode, I was frightened out of my mind, oh well, I still am when it happens. This morning I had an advantage, I knew soon the alarm will go off and I will awaken so I didn’t panic, I just hated it as I always do.

If I follow the psychological view I would say that they are perfectly right about this last couple of times: I do have irregular sleeping schedules, I am stressed out of my limits, I was on sleeping aids and I did drink last night. Following the other view, oh well, I didn’t ask for it so you’d better get it out of my system fast because otherwise I’ll just go insane and perhaps I’ll set myself on a killing spree, who knows? No, seriously, I have to ask the people who see Sleep Paralysis as Astral Projection Catatonia and are rather experienced in it how do you stop it. How do you stop this non-sense?

This was it about “Sleep Catatonia”. The funny thing is I’ve searched the internet for information about it many times but I’ve never found anything because I didn’t have the keyword: catatonia. This morning while I was laying in bed remembering that sweet dream the word ‘catatonia’ popped into my mind, strange, wouldn’t you say?

Strangely, I feel that I haven’t finished this yet. There’s more to say about it but I don’t know exactly what…

P.S. I strongly disagree with induced Astral Projection; it is not healthy, unnatural and more dangerous than many consider it to be and let’s not talk about the responsibility of travelling between worlds as an avatar, and don’t get my started on inexperienced people who do it just because they can and because they find it rather ‘out of the ordinary’.

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PhD Certified

5 septembrie 2007

You’re a White!

Contrary to popular myth, auras are actually multi-colored energy fields that can be divided into seven primary layers. Having White as your brightest color means that the seventh layer of your aura is the most vibrant. You have an exceptional love for life, which stems from your deep connection to the universe. You’re an open channel of energy from the universe, and this infuses your aura with a divine energy.

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You’re an Emerald!

We don’t need a psychic to tell us that you’re giving off an Emerald vibe. Your bright, refreshing, grass-green aura tells us that you’re a relaxed person with a laid-back attitude. Into living a healthy lifestyle — from eating right to trying yoga and aromatherapy — you’re down-to-earth and always easy-going. You bring calm and peace with you wherever you go. A bit of a flower child, you’re as unpretentious and open-minded as they come. Everyone is invited to your party. Chances are you have quite the green thumb, too, as well as a knack for healing people — both emotionally and physically. Sensitive and compassionate, you’re as reliable as the earth and as natural as herbal tea and organic vegetables.

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Your true color is Brown!

You’re brown, a credible, stable color that’s reminiscent of fine wood, rich leather, and wistful melancholy. Most likely, you’re a logical, practical person ruled more by your head than your heart. With your inquisitive mind and insatiable curiosity, you’re probably a great problem solver. And you always gather all of the facts before coming to a timely, informed decision. Easily intrigued, you’re constantly finding new ways to challenge your mind, whether it’s by reading the newspaper, playing a trivia game, or composing a piece of music. Brown is an impartial, neutral color, which means you tend to see the difference between fact and opinion easily and are open to many points of view. Trustworthy and steady, you really are a brown at heart.

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You’re Muse!

Known for your creative powers, you Muses are the poets and musicians of life, the patrons of the fine arts. It’s funny, though — even with your inspirational prowess, you’re probably not the type to boast about your guitar-strumming skills, or your latest published book of verse.

While it’s great when people flock to you for ideas, there probably is a part of you that prefers to blend in sometimes — whether dressing in muted shades or staking out a one-on-one conversation at parties and social events. But try as you might not to hog the spotlight, others can’t help but notice you. Must be hard to be such a goddess!

Despite any lingering modesty, you might be surprised at how much your mere presence can help improve the lives of those around you by infusing them with ideas and good thoughts. With that kind of healing energy, your inspirational ways have the potential to change the world, Muse. Whether you’re scribbling sonnets, boogying with your friends, or drawing your own constellations — you’re tapped in. So keep your eyes wide open to the possibilities and let that inspiration flow!

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You’re a Precognition!

This means you have an uncanny ability to look into the future and know ahead of time what is going to happen. You might, for instance, simply know that you’re going to get that job before the interview even happens with a certainty that exceeds what you would expect to have simply knowing the facts of the situation. You might have a sense of dread before going out for the evening only to later have a flat tire on your way home. These little hunches are easy to ignore but for you especially, quite often lead to a true prediction of what is going to happen. These predictions can be used to generate positive outcomes, and the more you know about how to use your talent, the more you will be able to distinguish between fantasy of the future and an actual reality you are seeing happen, before it has actually happened.

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