Author Archives: Steven Scherling

Don Juan DeMarco & The Real Casanova

The last class period of international management before the Concordia College term break we will watch the movie with Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp, Don Juan DeMarco. We will watch the movie thinking about how it is relevant to our … Continue reading

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Barack Hussein Obama – A Transformational Leader?

I am immersed in facilitating a class at Concordia titled international management and have not kept my pledge to be online-intime. I will again attempt to keep this pledge – since doing so is now essential to understanding the task … Continue reading

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Megacities soulless sprawl or shining future? WEF 2013

In the fall of 2006 I attended the C.G. Jung Institute of New York’s weeklong workshop in the heart of New York City. Walking between my hotel and the conference center gave me a very vivid impression of being immersed … Continue reading

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Dream 1.23.2013

Hello World! 1/23/2013 6:41 AM   Dream: I was in front of Jim McKenzie’s, a high school friend, home and Jim was standing on the front porch and said to me “get to work on the project.” Associations: I had recently … Continue reading

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Signs, Symbols, Synchronicity, Patterns

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Philosophy and The Matrix

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Dao De Jing Chapter 6

The spiritual reality of the void never ceases to exist. We call it the mystery of passivity. The entry to the mystery of passivity is the origin of the universe. Drawn upon, it is never exhausted. Commentary: It is the … Continue reading

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Dao De Jing Chapter 5

Heaven and earth are not benevolent: They treat then thousand things indifferently. The wise is not benevolent: He treats men indifferently.* The entire universe is basically void, like a bellows: When it is in non-action, it does not lack anything; … Continue reading

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Dao De Jing Chapter 4

Dao functions through its nothingness. And cannot be conceived of as full of things. Profound indeed, it is the model of all things. Dulling its sharpness, Releasing its entanglements, Tempering its light, and Unifying with the earth, Clearly, indeed, it … Continue reading

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Kapitalism’s Concept of the Self

Kapitalism on the Couch is the subtitle of the HPR series on the psychoanalysis of corporate capitalism (see http://www.hpr1.com). The recent U.S. Presidential Election, a crown jewel for corporate capitalism, presents an interesting experience, that when unpacked has the campaign … Continue reading

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