AboutMaciej St. Zięba Expertise I can answer questions concerning Eastern (Oriental) philosophies and philosophers (Indian, Tibetan, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese: Hinduist, Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist and other; alas not Islamic or Jewish) - both in terms of notions and facts (history of their development). I can write in English, French, Esperanto, Polish and Russian, German, Dutch and Norwegian. I can also understand questions in Spanish and Italian.
Experience I have been teaching Indian and Chinese philosophies since 1987 and in 2000 I started a project on Oriental philosophies within the scope of the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii) published in Polish by SITA-PL (7 volumes, A-Pan, published 2000-2006, containing ca. 300 entries in Eastern philosophies, written by a team of a dozen of Polish scholars).
Organizations The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland, History of Philosophy Department
Publications Several publications in Polish; in English: The Origin of the World according to Rigveda (Montreal 1996), Contributions to the History of the Buddhist Classifications of Dharmas: Pancavastuka of Vasumitra (Bulletin, Polish Institute and Library, Montreal 1997)
Education/Credentials philosophy (KUL, Lublin, 1976-81); M.A. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1981); Ph.D. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1989); other studies: Indian and Chinese philosophies (Institut Catholique, Paris, 1985-6); Tibetan language (INALCO, Paris, 1985-6); Chinese language (McGill University, Montreal, 1995-7)
Question what is your opinion on cursing, does it matter to once present life if some one curses you?
Answer Dear Dansa,
My opinion on cursing is negative. Cursing does not solve anything - it only introduces more negative emotions between two people and does not solve the problem at all. Some people say that cursing helps them discharge emotions, maybe sometimes "yes", but in fact it only causes the other person become upset. In fact, contrary to what Freud and other psychoanalyticians say, repeated emotions are not calmed, they are cultivated, they are fed with curses and they grow. Also, if one often curses, one gets accustomed to it and after some time the "weak" curses don't give one the feeling they express one's emotions well enough, and one starts searching for something "stronger". It's like with drugs.
Cursing is as useless language function as is gossip.
Unfortunately I do not understand the second part of your question, I don't know what do you mean by "to once present life", I suppose this must be a kind of idiom unknown to me. Or maybe you have written something hastily, leaving apart some word? Anyhow, a search on the phrase with Google has not helped me understanding it - in fact I haven't found a single occurrence of an expression like that.
Best regards
MAciej
PS. I hope that by "cursing" you have meant "using nasty words in daily life" and not "using black magic". I have answered taking into consideration only the first usage of the word. I know nothing about magic and cannot answer if you mean the second one.
