Published in The Open Kimono·PinnedIn Session 12The Lay Psychiatrist toughens up his butting — I worked the head bag today. Head butting should not come as a surprise knockout to you, but to your target. The first time I tried it I was about six. I had seen a man on television win a fight by using his head. I connected the abstract concept…Open Kimono4 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·PinnedIn Session 13The Lay Psychiatrist dreams about big snakes — I woke up with the blues. It was dark out, too early to want to get up. My troubled mind was reflecting in a dream about being threatened by a big snake. A snake is a spinal column without any add ons. There is the base of a brain but…Lay Psychiatrist4 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·PinnedMember-onlyIn SessionThe Secret Journals of a lay psychiatrist — As I open this chapter of my life to pubic view … that was a Freudian slip but I don’t care it all goes in … it feels like a scene from a movie, the curtain pulled aside, me, in noir and blanc, peeing down at the street. When the…Humor4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·5 days agoMember-onlyThe Lay Psychiatrist: Back StoryIf he he needed a degree he’d steal it off a doctor’s wall — “Okay, boss, it’s time to rock and roll.” The Layman looked down at the other man from the mountain on which he’d built his head. His eyes were sad today. Tender could see that. Not good when you go into the cage with faraway eyes. He was called Tender not…Lay Psychiatrist4 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·6 days agoMember-onlyIn Session: 19The Lay Psychiatrist and The Undertaker — It was dark out until I remembered I was wearing a sleeping mask. The light was blinding until I remembered my bedroom window faces west. I was disoriented. …Lay Psychiatrist3 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·Jul 26Member-onlyThank You!Thank you thank you thank you — I was listening to a Ted Talk by Charles Eugster about why a 93-year-old should be a bodybuilder. There were a few components he mentioned to staying fit, and the first one was keep working. This helps keep the brain fit, slowing the shrinkage that comes with old age. …Medium2 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·Jul 25Member-onlyIn Session (18)The Lay Psychiatrist lays a client — “I’ve never stepped into that ring, it’s somebody else who lives in me. Personally, I don’t like to fight. I like to read self help books and share what I learn with others.” (The Lay Psychiatrist) It’s not exactly raining, it’s more like we are in the embrace of wet…Lay Psychiatrist3 min read
Published in The Open Kimono·Jul 25Member-onlyHigh Class TrollSometimes it feels like correctness is a razor blade — Do you ever get into a situation where somebody seems to be trolling, even though they are well spoken and present themselves as elite? The context was a video in which a doctor said the size of ldl particles doesn’t matter, it’s all equally dangerous, and I replied that this…You Tube3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Jul 19Member-onlyThe Tesla ExperienceI drive locally, and travel back and forth to San Francisco — Many years ago I began flying between San Francisco and Phoenix to exercise visitation rights with my only daughter, who was taken there by her mom. Swirling around the plot point was an obsessive attraction to what I now suspect was my grandmother disguised as a thirty year old Italian…Tesla Model 39 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Jul 18Member-onlyAutomatic WritingWhat is it and how to do it — I just read an article from Coffee Times by Barry Chaffee, on how to break through writer’s block. It was about automatic writing, just writing what comes into your head without censoring or editing. …Active Imagination5 min read