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Erotic Intelligence

What is Eroticism? "The original, primordial fire, sexuality, raises the red flame of eroticism, and this in turn, raises and feeds another flame, tremulous and blue the flame of love. Eroticism and love the double flame of life."  - Octavio Paz Esther Perel  (1958) is a Belgian psychotherapist who has explored the tension between the need for security (love, belonging, and closeness) and the need for freedom (erotic desire, adventure, and distance) in human relationships. Her book  Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence became a global phenomenon translated into over 25 languages. Security and passion are separate fundamental human needs from different motives. How to introduce uncertainty into an intimate relationship?  Uncertainty is already in relationships. Eastern philosophers talked about this for ages - Impermanence is the only constant. Even in the dullest marriages, predictability is a mirage . "The real voyage of discovery consi...

Master programmers

Who are the master programmers?  What is the ESS (Evolutionary stable strategies)?  Richard Dawkins the evolutionary biologist and the professor for public understanding at the University of Oxford, explains in  Selfish Gene  that Genes are the master programmers, they program their lives. In this book, Dawkins offers a new way of seeing facts and old theories - from the point of view of genes. At all times, there is a struggle and competition for existence in the universe. Struggle that conducts without feelings. No one knows or worries about it. The discussion here is not about intentional psychology, it is a layer below. In the unconscious. What are Genes? The basic physical and functional unit of heredity - Made up of DNA. Genes made us. All living organisms are the most complicated and perfectly designed survival machinery - vehicles blindly programmed to preserve genes. Genes work by controlling protein synthesis. Animal behavior is under the control of genes...