| "Secondly, the Rolfer relies on the recipe. The trouble is here that it tends to be formulated either in very general and vague terms or as a concrete course through the geography of the body. In the first case it lacks applicability, in the second the structural individuality of the Client is lost. In addition, the recipe was never defined and is strictly in the oral tradition. It is so open for arbitrary inclusions, exclusions, and interpretations which have led to a wild variety of versions." Hans Flury, The Third Finger, Notes on Structural Integration I 1988, Zurich | |
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"An analogy can be made with an old story about the
First World War. In this tall tale, the officers in the
front line send a message back to headquarters saying:
'Send reinforcements, we are going to advance.'The
message is not written down but is passed by word of
mouth from one trench to the next until it reaches its
destination. Unfortunately, by the time it arrives it has
mutated into: 'Send three and four pence, we are
going to a dance.' What is noticeable about this is that
the message did not deteriorate into complete
gibberish. It remains a perfectly logical message:'Send
three shillings and four pence', but now it has no
relevance to the situation at hand and no relation to
the original message sent. The problem arose because
the message, like genes, was repeatedly copied." Keith Harrison, Your Body (about the evolution of genes) |
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Es erben sich Gesetz' und Rechte Wie eine ew'ge Krankheit fort; Sie schleppen von Geschlecht sich zum Geschlechte, Und rücken sacht von Ort zu Ort, Vernunft wird Unsinn, Wohltat Plage; Weh dir, dass du ein Enkel bist! Goethe, Faust |
All rights and laws are still transmitted Like an eternal sickness of the race, From generation unto generation fitted, And shifted round from place to place. Reason becomes a sham, Beneficence a worry: Thou art a grandchild, therefore woe to thee! Goethe, Faust |