Dear Mary
Thanks for your email.
Yes, I did get over my tinnitus.
Back in the day, my friend Genie Komives, a Harvard-trained general practitioner, informed me that most people get over tinnitus because their brain - over time - learns to ignore it.
It was no more than half a year from the time Genie told me this, that I became ignorant of my tinnitus.
That said, it is also true that if I go "into my head" right now in order to find the ringing-buzzing, I can locate it in no time. And it then takes a few minutes of participation in some other activity to stop hearing it again.
I am copying Dra. Genie on this email, and want to say: "Thank you, Genie, for your role in freeing me of tinnitus, and also for getting me through the multiple sclerosis scare, before "the specialists" starting filling me up with God knows what unnecessary and perhaps deleterious drugs." I'm sure you're aware of Maria Angell MD's work probing-and-critiquing Big Pharma. In fact it may have been you who brought Angell to my attention. In any event, here is a link that may interest you:
Facebook Thread About Big Pharma Malfeasance, And The First Ever Woman Editor Of "The New England Journal Of Medicine," Maria Angell's Spot-On Criticism Of The Pharmaceutical Industry
Angell MD points a finger at the very heart of American capitalism as it now operates. Unbridled Capitalism has become an impregnable fortress for scoundrels... and worse.
In its current manifestation, unregulated "Cowboy Capitalism" protects and advances the self-seeking greed of "profiteering opportunists," all of them cut from the same cloth as Malignant Messiah.
The Bonus Round
Capitalism Is Coming To The Crunch: Will People "Just Say No," Or Will Capitalism Say "We're Going To F*ck The Biosphere In The Name Of Profits Over People." (A Great "Media Matters" Podcast From NPR)
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Back to Leelamma...
I'm sure it doesn't hurt to have a great deal of trust in your caregiver, so that when s/he tells you that it tends to disappear, it's even more likely that one's brain will become as ignorant of tinnitus as 40% of Americans are deliberately ignorant of ANYTHING resembling truth.
I would not tell Leelamma what I'm about to say, but if Leelama gets frustrated waiting for the brain to perform its "know-nothing" magic, she might consider locating a good hypnotist.
Not all people are subject to hypnosis, but a great many are, and if one is susceptible, hypnosis produces real results.
To the extent that Genie's curing me was due to the power of suggestion, it seems that a gifted hypnotist would be "just the ticket" (...as my grandfather, William Arthur Archibald, used to say).
Thanks for the update on Bede Griffiths and for letting me know you're delving into Jung again.
Here are some of my blog posts concerning Jung that may interest you:
Excellent Collection Of Hyperlinked "Projection" Memes Featuring The Work Of Carl Jung
On The Jungian Personality Profile Known As "The Myers-Briggs Test", "Do You Prefer Justice Or Mercy?" Is The One Question (Of 93 Questions) That Most People Have The Greatest Difficulty Answering
Carl Jung And The New Moral Code Of Nascent Apocalypse
And while I'm at it, here is a link about Tielhard de Chardin that may bookend nicely. (This link intersects with Hannah Arendt, a 20th century intellectual titan):
Rev. Pierre Teilhard De Chardin SJ: "Research Is Adoration"
Please give Leelamma my best wishes.
Love
Alan
PS We had a lovely spring here, and are having a quite nice summer. A little more heat than I would've liked, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're on the statistical low side of the temperature chart.
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:06 PM Mary W wrote:
Alan, I remember you said you had suffered from Tinninitis (Sp.?) awhile back. Did you ever get over it? If so, how? Leelamma is having problems with it now. Also, thanks for sharing the TED talk, “ My Stroke of Insight” which reminded me a little of Bede Griffiths insight when he experienced a stoke which shut down the side of his brain which was the thinking side (Mechanistic: rational, analytic, reductionist, linear). This allowed him to appreciate more the Holistic side: intuitive, synthesis orientated, integrative and nonlinear. He called it his feminine side. I’m finally reading Carl Jung’s “Memories, Dreams and Reflections” which you gave me many years ago. It comes at a good time and I can identify with him more now than before. He seems, at a young age, to have discovered the two sides of himself which allowed him to develop his theories of personality. Hope you are not suffering too much from the heat or the floods all over the place….Love, Mary
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