{"id":753,"date":"2018-10-24T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=753"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:49:33","slug":"good-people-do-bad-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/good-people-do-bad-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Good People Do Bad Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Am I a good person?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThose who do not consider the implications of the divided human soul remain unconscious and are therefore dangerous to self and others. Those who do stop and look, and ask why <\/em>become more and more attuned to the complexity  of their own psychological processes; their lives grow more interesting to them; and they become less dangerous to themselves and others.\u201d p. xiii<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Okay, so where do\u00a0I\u00a0<\/em>fit into these set of statements made by James Hollis? Is what I am doing by reading Hollis\u2019\u00a0book \u2013\u00a0Why Good People Do Bad Things<\/em>, analysing so much of my present life and my history; part of what he is asking each of us to do? Perhaps, I hope so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t pretend that I really know what I am doing or why I am doing it all the time. Nor, do I think that most of the human race can claim to such awareness. I know that personally, I catch myself and wonder \u201cwhat in hell was that all about,\u201d<\/em> hoping that somehow I didn\u2019t cause too much damage in the process. I can\u2019t absolve myself if I have caused damage simply because I didn\u2019t realise it, consciously<\/em>, at the time, that I had no intention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for my life becoming more interesting, I would have to say that it has, at least to me. I am fascinated with the human\u00a0body and its response to nature when one is\u00a0not wearing clothing. I know that my nudity doesn\u2019t harm my body as long as I keep alert for environmental conditions which require that I cover up in order to protect my body. Does my nudity cause real harm to others \u2013 physical harm, psychological harm? I don\u2019t think so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anything, others harm themselves psychologically in their irrational response to seeing a human body in its natural condition. However, the modern world I live in is working hard to having simple human nudity be legislated as something decidedly evil. Is the collective right? Not even a little bit; however, the collective has\u00a0power<\/em>\u00a0on its side and has little patience with being questioned on its irrational responses to nudity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to admit that psychologically, I am far from being aware of all the nooks and crannies that exist within me. I have learned that I, and by \u201cI\u201d I mean my\u00a0ego<\/em>, am not consciously in charge of all that I say and do. Study and analysis has taught me about complexes and archetypes, including a personal shadow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know that I need to be wary of my own self so that I don\u2019t project too easily my own\u00a0shit\u00a0<\/em>onto others. That is part of the key, monitoring my anger, my frustration, my moments of hatred, and signals that I am holding too hard onto some belief or idea. Perhaps this is a good start to being attuned to the complexity of my own psychological processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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