James, William
1842-1910 68 years
1842-1910 68 years
American psychologist, philosopher, writer...
born NYC
father: wealthy theologian/intellectual
godfather: Ralph Waldo Emerson, well-known American
author.
brother: Henry James, novelist
had many physical and mental difficulties in life, illnesses.
got an MD, but never practiced
taught medicine at Harvard, also philosophy and
psychology.
died of heart failure in New Hampshire, US
born NYC
father: wealthy theologian/intellectual
godfather: Ralph Waldo Emerson, well-known American
author.
brother: Henry James, novelist
had many physical and mental difficulties in life, illnesses.
got an MD, but never practiced
taught medicine at Harvard, also philosophy and
psychology.
died of heart failure in New Hampshire, US
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| People in Osho's Talks |
| William James, a psychologist from the West, used to say that people don’t run out of panic, they become panicky because of their running. They don’t run because of fear, they become afraid because they run. There is some truth in what James is saying. The more you run, the more panicky you will become: your running gives energy to your nervousness, to your fear. And the more you escape from the rope, the more certain you will become of the existence of the snake. Now there will be no way to know that the snake was just a rope. The only way to know it is to go near to the rope. If you had brought a light and gone near to the rope you would have found that there was no snake... --Osho The Message Beyond Words, ch. 1 |