MARINA OPPENHEIMER BOOKS AND BLOG

  Some of the most gratifying experiences of my life usually take place when, while reading a book, I realize that the author’s ideas about a subject are very similar to mine. It gives me a sense of security and veracity. This is exactly what happened when I started reading James Hillman’s books. What resonates deeply within me about this author’s philosophy is that to him, psychology is the perfect bridge towards a personal transcendence. Giving birth to this transcendence is what will guide us to find our lives’ meaning; but since we are all different, each one of us will create a different transcendence. As Dr. Hillman tells us, day after day our life should be immersed in the task of soul-making, that is, in creating the path that will give shape to a rewarding life for us. It is not surprising how close this theory is to the Eastern concept of karma; according to how we decide to live, the result will be either a meaningful life or a life that needs to be relived.  Howeve...

  Algunos dicen que el pasado ya no existe porque se ha ido hacia tierras olvidadas, otros, en cambio, ven su pasado a cada paso, negra oscuridad de las horas desoladas. Yo creo que el pasado hace nido en la mirada, en los perfumes que ahora, a veces, nos acarician, en la melodía misteriosa de nuestras palabras, y en el silencio que nos deja el alma apesadumbrada. Fue en el pasado cuando la vida tuvo comienzo, cuando el amor se hizo presente sin ser llamado, para luego esfumarse porque otro hito nos esperaba, y así, hito tras hito, fue naciendo nuestro pasado

        As we all know, marriage was created to establish a certain social order, so that children who come into the world are protected and trained for a productive life. Seen from this point of view, there is no doubt that it is a reasonable invention; And yet, uniting two very different beings for life entails a deep emotional balance that not all of us possess. Let us remember that the two members of this system have a totally opposite view of life. While we women need a healthy dose of romance throughout our lives, men are less luxurious in that regard. The same goes for women's aesthetic attachment, and the importance we give to physical appearance in general. But, while these differences can be ironed out, there are others that are more complex and difficult to overcome.  Such as, for example, that, although today women work and contribute to the family economy, in general it is the man who makes the big decisions in the family. It is no wonder that, as ...