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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell"

Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"It is fitting that Zen should have begun with a flower and a smile. This episode, you may say, is too beautiful to be true. Yet it is too beautiful not to be true. The life of Zen does not depend upon historical truth... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it." - Simone Weil

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

CBT works. But does it work for the reasons it claims? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

For "something of a précis" of Maggie Ross' "Silence: A User’s Guide" see: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"And despair, now, is everywhere. Let us not think that our interior solitude consists in the acceptance of defeat. We cannot escape anything by consenting tacitly to be defeated. Despair is an abyss without bottom. Do not think to close it by consenting to it & trying to forget you have consented."

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us. When our life feeds on unreality, it must starve. It must therefore die."

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"I beg to urge you everyone: life and death is a grave matter; all things pass quickly away. Each of you must be completely alert; never neglectful, never indulgent."

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"social media, that little narcissism machine, the easiest way we have ever had to place ourselves on a pedestal of vanity, propagandise ourselves, is also the mechanism that most efficiently breaks you up" - Peter Pomerantsev

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

"'How we work out, faithfully, attentively, obediently, what we need to do and say...' [by Rowan Williams] - this is an instruction in learning discretion... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

"In every age, religious demagogues - and, in ours, atheistic ones as well - are quick to censure people and situations they not only do not understand but also refuse to understand. This deliberate closing of the mind is not only culpable; it exposes bitter, narrow hearts that lust for power."

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"Silence is context and end, beholding the means. In the final analysis, this is all we need to know. This silence i not the absense of noise; it is the vast interior landscape that invites us to stillness. At its heart, in our heart, it is the Other... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"I look towards silence. It is not, as I had heard, a peak with natural footholds and the crampons left by better climbers Contrary to what they say there is no map (they may be speaking of another place) there is only surrender." "Inside Out" by Pauline Matarasso

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

"Willingness is about opening yourself to what is. It is about becoming one with the universe, participating in it, doing what is needed in the moment. It is doing the dishes when needed, helping someone up who has fallen, letting go of battles you will never win... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

"Only silence is deep enough to hold everything" - Siter Florence Leone Poch, OSF (1929-2024) (as quoted by Marsha Linehan)

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"silence is not the absence of noise; it is the vast interior landscape that invites us to stillness. At its heart, in our heart, it is the Other. Silence is not in itself religious, but to express the ineffable joys found in its depths is almost impossible without... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness ... Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words" - Rainer Maria Rilke

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Let your mercy spill On all these burning hearts in hell If it be your will To make us well" www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xc...

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The Webb Sisters - If It Be Your Will (Official Live in London 2008)

YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Zen Buddhism on the Aristotelian phronesis: "In this ever-changing, dynamic reality in which we live our lives, circumstances are different from moment to moment. This, of course, determines whether, for example, non-stealing or non-lying is called for. And although... 👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

"I have Anselm to thank for a second piece of advice, too. It was more of a statement. I had contemplated becoming a nun, which is not so very surprising for a Catholic girl. Mother would have been ecstatic; she often urged me to go down that path. When I told Anselm this, he said... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

"Speak words of hope. Be human in this most inhuman of ages. Guard the image of man for it is the image of God." - Thomas Merton

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The registration is still open for an Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS) talk by Lisa Osbeck. Please feel invited to register and participate! To register: forms.gle/pd6bKWFVcrxEn8KS8

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"The doorway into the silent land is a wound. Silence lays bare this wound. We do not journey far along the spiritual path before we get some sense of the wound of the human condition, and this is precisely why not a few abandon a contemplative practice like meditation... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Marsha Linehan's 'hold my beer' moment: "I should not have been surprised at my father’s response. Almost before I had finished describing my plan, to move and find a job to support myself, he said sharply, 'You won’t be able to get a job in Chicago.' 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Source: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"hunting for so-called ‘religious experiences’ is not only futile, it is a form of hubris" - Maggie Ross (Martha Reeves) Source: postmodernquaker.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/s...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"All the same, I hesitate to say this book is nonfiction. Indeed, I begin to wonder if we rightly label any book nonfiction, because perception and memory, the filters of dying and living, pain and joy, hurting and healing, all conspire to make liars out of those rash enough to write about their...👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. - John 1.5

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

"active acceptance requires careful observation, openness to experience & tolerance to all that life presents. Acceptance is the developed capacity to fully embrace whatever is in the present moment. It requires a spacious mind, an open heart & strength to bear one's experience"

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"If any man cannot grasp this matter, let him be idle and the matter will grasp him" Henry Suso

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"The choice for silence or noise, for carefulness or carelessness, is ours in every moment. To choose silence as the mind’s default in an accelerating consumer culture—a culture that sustains itself by dehumanizing people through the unrelenting pressure of clamor, confusion, & 👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

"Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I wasn’t touched. I was fascinated. It was as though a veil had been rent. I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power... 👇👇👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Registration is now open for Miles Leeson's online lecture "Who's There? The Psychology of Hauntings in Iris Murdoch's Fiction" from the Institute of Applied Psychology series! Sign up here: forms.gle/VztiefDtKDZC... We invite you warmly! @irismurdoch.bsky.social @lesleyjamieson.bsky.social

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I looked at him, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed... 👇

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🧩 Join us for the Healthy Minds Conference! 📅 March 20–21, 2026 📍 Kraków, Poland 💬 A space for dialogue on mental health & wellbeing 🎓 Organized by JU’s Institute of Applied Psychology 💡 Theme: “Well-being in Hyperconnectivity” 📝 Register by Dec 31: forms.office.com/e/mAYzFarnvr

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Registration for the upcoming lecture by Allen Frances on the challenges and threats related to chatbots is now open. In order to register for the upcoming Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series event please use: t.co/6vqBnD4wQO

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

"The most sensitive musical instrument is the human soul. The next is the human voice. One must purify the soul until it begins to sound" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-k...

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Arvo Pärt's Speech from his Musical Diaries

YouTube video by lessthandust

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social) To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

22/22 In the Final Chapter of our volume Louise Williams presents the Three-Tiered Narrativism & shows how this framework can differentiate individuals with pathological narcissism from healthy personalities and be used for other theoretical purposes. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

21/22 In Chapter 21 @susi_ferrarello discusses the affectivity of those suffering from narcissistic traits through the lenses of passive, active & practical intentionality as expounded by Husserl. Both the narcissistic wound & “intentional blockage” are explored. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

20/22 In Chapter 20 Thomas Schramme scrutinizes empathy deficits in the context of NPD and shows how might lead to interpersonal misunderstanding and persistent doubt about other people’s perspectives and about one's own social standing. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

19/22 In Chapter 19 Nancy N. Potter carries on the discussion of BPD and, in particular, subjects the criterion of emptiness to analysis. She also explores emptiness as found in other diagnoses, everyday life & cross-culturally as well as some treatment possibilities. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

18/22 In Chapter 18 Astrid Fly Oredsson & Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen analyse the “inappropriate anger criterion” of BPD and how the openness of the criterion heightens the risk of both testimonial and affective injustice. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

17/22 In Chapter 17 Grant Gillett & Armon J. Tamatea explore aversive and antagonistic personality disorder in terms of post-colonial analysis of indigenous populations or, in other words, in the context of the loss of ‘the village needed to raise a child’. Link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Konrad Banicki @castalia1981.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS) by @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social has recently completed its 6th edition with the 7th one to begin soon. For updates about new lectures do get in touch with konrad.banicki@uj.edu.pl More details see: ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/...

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