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Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Are we imaginary beings?
There is a real part, the essence, but the rest, well, we create it in our minds, through the perspective of the society, the environment, the education, the culture and the family! All that is what the being you believe to be is creating. Thus, we don’t see what we are: we see what we have invented. What we truly are lies only within ourselves. That’s why I think that happiness can be achieved when we become what we are. Our lives are full of demands, rules, patterns… We accept them, follow them, comply with them… and we are unhappy.
- Where does the origin of diseases lie?
Diseases derive from psychological disturbances, thus they can be fixed with psychological approaches! And this is precisely what chamanic leaders did. Let’s become aware of our immune barriers and our own defense mechanism. Our defenses are linked to our mind, our imagination! This is well-known. Imagination has limitless power. Our unconscious dominates us, and the language used by our unconscious is made up by metaphors and symbols. Like the language of art. That’s why art has healing properties. If art does not heal, then it is not art. The goal of art is healing.
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