Rodrigues, Vitor Jose F. (POR)
Mind-killing fear, mind-resurrecting love
Resume:
“fear is the mind killer”, said one Bene Gesserit priestess to Paul Atreides, the future Messiah in the Dune cult movie from David Lynch. Fear is indeed a mind killer, a consciousness closer belonging in the same family as hatred. It is also connected to desire, attachment and consciousness identifications with restricted human personalities. At the opposite side, love helps open the mind, revitalise it and free consciousness from attachment. This will be the scenario of this talk, tracking fear to its self-conscious origin with its social implications and searching for courage, love and consciousness opening and expansion as the way for a better humankind.
My Bio:
Vitor Jose F. Rodrigues is the President of EUROTAS and of Alubrat (the Portuguese-Brazilian Transpersonal Association). He is a Psychologist and Psychotherapist with 21 years practice, holding a PhD in Educational Psychology. Currently a co-director of the Post-Grade Course in Psychology of Consciousness at Independente University, Lisbon, Vitor taught Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology for 16 years at the Universities of Lisbon and Faro, Portugal. An author of 9 published books ranging from ironical essays on social-psychological issues to a Sci-Fi novel and to some self-help manuals, he has been lecturing and delivering workshops on Transpersonal issues for at least 15 years.