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Hominem Quaero, Inventa et Amissa A journey through the mirrors that shape a man The Mirror That Arrived Too Early He did not recognize her at first—not truly. He saw a woman, yes, with her own life, her own rhythms, her own distances. But what he felt was something older, something that stirred beneath the surface of his thoughts like a forgotten language returning to memory. Only later would he understand that she was not simply Her. She was the mirror. Not the mirror of vanity, nor the mirror of desire, but the Jungian mirror—the one that reveals the soul by reflecting what the conscious mind refuses to see. In his twenties and thirties, he had searched for people as if searching for destinations. But this time, he found a reflection instead. And reflections do not behave like destinations. They behave like revelations. The Anima Appears Before the Man Is Ready He had read Jung long ago, but reading is not knowing. The anima, Jung said, is the inner feminine— intuition, emotion, ima...

The Entrepreneur: Not the Inventor, but the One Who Sees What Others Miss For decades, we’ve romanticized the entrepreneur as the lone garage inventor — Hewlett and Packard soldering circuits in a Palo Alto garage, or Jobs and Wozniak hand‑assembling the first Apple boards. But the real face of entrepreneurship is often very different. In many of the most transformative cases, the entrepreneur is not the inventor at all. Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile. Elon Musk didn’t invent reusable rockets. And Larry Ellison didn’t invent the relational database. Yet each of them reshaped entire industries by recognizing something others overlooked. This leads to a more accurate definition: An entrepreneur isn’t necessarily the person who creates a new technology — it’s the person who understands what that technology makes possible. Sometimes the change is dramatic, like the shift from disposable rockets to reusable ones. Musk realized that reusing rocket engines could slash launch costs, ...

The Lone Engineer: A 1998 Silicon Valley Memory One engineer behind blankets,  a snapshot of HP’s culture at the edge of Silicon Valley’s transformation In 1998, I interviewed at Hewlett‑Packard’s Cupertino campus — the very ground where Apple’s “Mothership” now stands. Back then, it wasn’t a gleaming glass ring but a sprawl of beige buildings, endless parking lots, and the hum of Silicon Valley’s golden age. At 11:00 AM, the hiring manager led me into one of the main office wings. It was a vast floor with nearly 200 cubicles, but the silence was uncanny. No chatter, no phones, no movement. It felt like a ghost town. Finally, we spotted life: a single cubicle barricaded by heavy blankets. On the front was a hand‑written sign: “DO NOT DISTURB. SOMEONE IS WORKING HERE.” The “someone” emerged to interview me — eyes weary, probably from staring at a flickering CRT monitor all night. He looked like a man who hadn’t seen sunlight in weeks, surviving on Jolt Cola and sheer determination. ...

How Workplace Connections Actually Begin Connections rarely start with intention; they start with opportunity. Connections rarely start with intention; they start with opportunity. What follows is less a story of choice and more a story of how meaning grows in the small spaces created by curiosity. In professional settings, this is especially true. A shared task, a moment of alignment, a brief exchange that lands more deeply than expected - these are the quiet openings through which attention begins to flow. Before any emotional interpretation appears, there is simply the environment shaping the encounter. Two people in proximity. A question asked at the right moment. A gesture of help that feels unexpectedly resonant. The mind responds not because it has chosen someone, but because the situation has created a small, permissive space where imagination can begin its work. A Real Example: How This One Started In this case, the beginning was almost accidental, with an unusual greeting. It...

Jungian Angle: Memories as Archetypal Residue Closure as a quiet form of individuation Jungianly, the lack of development in the same location signals the unconscious “will” to let the connection dissolve. It is not meant for continuation if it doesn’t serve deeper individuation. Memories remain as residue - archetypal echoes lingering in the psyche, not demanding real‑world revival. If she feels absence, her introversion may manifest as shadow work: internalizing the “conflict” to integrate unmet needs, attention becoming a symbol of validation. Without synchronicity, reactivation is unlikely. Reality often softens Jung’s mysticism, turning potential “portals” into quiet closures The introversion does indeed play a central role here. People with strong introverted tendencies often process emotional needs internally rather than voicing them directly. Even when they miss attention or connection, they may rationalize it, distract themselves with solitary activities, hobbies, work, or sup...

Hidden Laws of Connection Connection is made of both presence and absence This morning, a thought about coherence and distancing struck me. Coherence - or rather, the way things can feel so inconsistent - has been baffling me for the past nine months. Perhaps it’s fate, or perhaps the universe’s more reasonable judgment. If everything were perfectly coherent, it might lock us into a state that would be much harder to escape. The same is true for distancing. I don’t know exactly what kind of intuition or introversion it is, but it feels like a necessary rhythm. Pulling back is not rejection; it’s a way of letting patterns reveal themselves without interference. Distancing creates space for recognition. In that sense, incoherence and distance are not flaws in the connection. They are part of the connection. They prevent us from mistaking the mask for the Self, or the repetition for the truth. They remind us that meaning arrives in fragments, in pauses, in the gaps between encounters. May...

The Cold Super Full Moon   A merciless light that strips away illusions, exposes hidden drains, and clears the path for renewal  The Cold Super Full Moon of December 4, 2025, rises as a merciless yet liberating mirror. It forces us to see reality without illusions, to close everything that drains us, and to lay a clean foundation for the new life cycle that begins in 2026. What you honestly face and release now will become tangible freedom and new opportunities by spring 2026. During these days, everything that has been hidden, everything that has quietly drained your energy, becomes impossible to ignore. This super-moon is often called “punishing,” yet it is the very same super-moon that offers a rare chance: the chance to finally see what has long demanded attention, to set boundaries you have postponed for years, to close old debts - not only financial, but moral and emotional - and to finish stories that have been draining your strength without ever reaching a logical end....