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Politics vs the soul
No political orientation expressed by anyone I have ever known even superficially has ever changed my opinion of that person, especially whether I liked them or not, one iota.
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September 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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AI and communism: will AI make a peaceful “communist revolution” possible? Conversation with some friends and with ChatGPT.
A friend made a comment about the relationship between AI and the nature of employment, expressing concerns about workers being slaves while AI takes away all the jobs.
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September 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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The failure of the “sexual revolution”: “Orgasm anxiety,” “pleasure anxiety,” “love anxiety,” the three layers of the psyche, authoritarianism, anti-authoritarianism, and “genital love”
With brilliant comments by ChatGPT after my essay
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August 31, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Pie Jesu from Requiem by Andrew Lloyd Weber as sung by Sarah Brightman sung by me at Pearly Baker’s Alehouse 8/19/26
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August 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Guilt, “moralizing,” and the “emotional plague”
Psychiatrist and sociologist Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) developed a concept he called “the emotional plague”:
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August 6, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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With love and squalor: me, JD Salinger, and the culture we grew up in
This is a comment I wrote on a Facebook friend’s page on her birthday.
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August 1, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Sex, love, genitality, “liebe”: discussions with chatGPT about Wilhelm Reich
Q: Describe Wilhelm Reich’s thinking on the relationship between love and sex.
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July 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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On “taking sides” versus “functional” thinking and behaving
Always beware of anyone encouraging you to take sides about anything.
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July 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Truth and Countertruth in the Clinical Situation
(Excerpts pertaining to theory from a clinical presentation done in approximately 2015)
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June 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Orgonotic Functions in the Clinical Situation: The Bioenergetic Unity of Psyche and Soma
David Holbrook, M.D. (written in approximately 2015)
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June 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Fight or flight, anger and anxiety as psychophysiological states: Wilhelm Reich and “mainstream” science
Anger and anxiety can both be seen to be the result of “intolerance,” in the sense that they both represent an inability to process and contain uncomfortable thoughts and emotions.
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June 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Sick societies are suicidal
Every sociopsychologically sick, neurotic society is suicidal in the long run.
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May 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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About “changing the subject”
When in the course of conversations, the subject gets changed, the result often is to guarantee that the conversation will remain superficial.
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May 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles sung by me at Mixx Bar at Wind Creek Bethlehem 5/7/26
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April 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles sung by me at Mixx Bar at Wind Creek Bethlehem 4/7/36
This is "The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles sung by me at Mixx Bar at Wind Creek Bethlehem 4/7/36" by David Holbrook on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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April 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Work and sociopolitics as “orgonotic” functions
Psychiatrist, sociologist, and experimental scientist, Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) often spoke of “love, work, and knowledge” as “the wellsprings of life,” and also that these functions should should “g...
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April 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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“Thought”: Reich, the Ancient Greeks, and neuroscience
For the small group of my readers who are interested in Wilhelm Reich and orgonomy; also could be of interest to my friends who are Greek or Mediterranean (Italian) or who are interested in the Stoics...
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March 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Good, Evil, religion, and politics
I do believe there is such a thing as Good and such a thing as Evil.
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March 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Manhattan by Sara Bareillis sung by me at Porter’s Pub 3/8/26
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March 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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Winter by Tori Amos sung by me at Pearly Baker's Alehouse 2/19/26
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February 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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The Music Of The Night from Phantom Of The Opera sung by me at Porter’s Pub 2/15/26
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February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Overcome with emotion: Gravity by Sara Bareillis sung by me at Jerzee’s 9/13/25; the virtue of being overcome with emotion while singing
Sometimes, if you’re lucky, during a performance you suddenly become overcome with emotion without ever even seeing it coming, and the song becomes “autobiographical.” This happened to me with this so...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Fascism is “the secondary layer”of psycho-social-biological functioning: Wilhelm Reich
Psychiatrist, sociologist, and experimental scientist Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) observed interrelations between psychological, social, and biological (physiological) functions in human beings.
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February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Performers, audiences, and the ANS
Q: Is the autonomic nervous system of a performer and the audience involved in whether the audience and the performer are connecting well
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January 31, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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“Streaming”: Reich and Kraus
ChatGPT:
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January 29, 2026 at 3:09 AM