"The Real and the Surreal"

I know nothing of a "super-reality." Reality contains everything I can know, for everything that acts upon me is real and actual. If it does not act upon me, then I notice nothing and can, therefore, know nothing about it. Hence I can make statements only about real things, but not about things that are unreal, or surreal, or subreal. Unless, of course, it should occur to someone to limit the concept of reality in such a way that the attribute "real" applied only to a particular segment of the world's reality. This restriction to the so-called material or concrete reality of objects perceived by the senses is a product of a particular way of thinking-the thinking that underlies "sound common sense" and our ordinary use of language. It operates on the celebrated principle "Nihil est in intellectu quod non antea fuerit in sensu," regardless of the fact that there are very many things in the mind which did not derive from the data of the senses. According to this view, everything is "real" which comes, or seems to come, directly or indirectly from the world revealed by the senses. This limited picture of the world is a reflection of the one-sidedness of Western man.

- "The Real and the Surreal" (1933). In CW 8: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche. P.745

Beautiful sentences

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou

Initiate community-based projects in the municipality of Tehran metropolis

 
As in past years, pouna social work and counseling clinic  as one of the counselors and community-based projects, began its operation with the Tehran municipal districts.

These projects are based in local communities with the tools and facilitator techniques including focus groups, Brain storming And other interventional procedures utilizing social work skills are performed.

In this project the expertise and cooperation of ten of workers, psychologists and other related professionals as partners and sub-projects will be used for about six months and thus employment will also occur.

Managing Team Conflict

When teams come together, conflict is almost inevitable. Not all conflict is unhealthy though. Conflict has the potential of bringing out the best from individuals and teams and building rapport when it is directed towards the goal at hand. Only when it starts damaging the team spirit and jeopardising the common goals that it becomes a cause for concern. Therefore conflict needs to be properly identified, analysed and managed.