How clear are we about the motivations driving our actions? Are we sure about the nature of the beliefs we draw upon in creating our reality, or is there some doubt in our minds about the truthfulness of our alleged intents? Getting a handle on the level of clarity we employ when engaging in these practices may perplex and challenge us, even when our motives supposedly appear patently obvious and purely altruistic. But what if they’re not? Such is the conscious creation quandary dissected in the new docudrama, “The Fifth Estate.”
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READ: Dreams, preconceptions, identity under review in ‘Albert Nobbs’ by Brent Marchant
by Brent Marchant February 10, 2012Hotel waiter Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) is an oft-described strange little man. But then that’s probably because he’s not a man at all. Rather, Albert is a middle-aged woman who, because of the need to fend for herself financially, has been intentionally disguising herself as a member of the opposite sex since she was 14.
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So I asked him, “Oh guru, what is the difference between ‘personality’ and ‘ego’?” He replied, “None.” I then asked him, “Well then, if I completely diminish my ego, who…