Category: Meditation and Psychology
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A Psychological Perspective of Jon Snow and Game of Thrones
To look for a psychology of Jon Snow and Game of Thrones we need to hold this story as a dream or fairytale. And look to see what it may be pointing to. That way it is useful for us, as insight or guidance. When we have a dream or read an ancient fairytale there…
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The Art and Science of Being Happy; A Soft Technology
“How to be happy?” is a most important question. It is a question hidden in every decision we make, from what we consume, to how we do relationships, to spiritual practices of any kind. We usually do not choose to be unhappy, even though that is often our state of being. The technology of being…
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Hypocrisy, Hope, and Return of The Shadow Personality
Hypocrisy is a curious phenomenon. It is most blatant in our political and spiritual leaders because the consequences of their behavior reach so many people. For many, the betrayal goes unseen. These leaders hold so much hope and trust in their hands. Hypocrisy Definition The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to…
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How to Clear Your Mind; Finding Your Way
Some ways to clear your mind are healthier than others, some longer lasting. You can clear your mind with a temporary distraction or clear it with a transformative experience. There are ways to calm down that have deeper and more lasting effects. The side effects are more positive. It can be exhausting when the mind…
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Work Stress and Feeling Overworked
How to deal with stress at work is more complicated than we might think. Usually we “just endure” the stress at work. Endurance is an important quality to develop. However, if that is the only tool in the tool box we could exhaust our body as well as our spirit. This is one…
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Alternatives, Psychotropic Medication: Psychedelics and Cannabis
In the previous post: Psychotropic drugs: Chemical and Herbal Medicine for the Mind and Emotions, I began to describe how one goes about choosing the different chemical and herbal pathways available to treat anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other forms of mental and emotional suffering. In this post we will look into other alternatives, psychotropic medications…
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Materialistic Values Hidden in Spirituality
Everyone needs material things, a healthy sense of pride, and a means to personal and spiritual satisfaction. We have all experienced our materialistic attitudes out of balance. It is how we know our spirit, when we are losing it or when it is gone. That is how we come to value it and even want…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Holidays
Usually, people who tend toward depression are very sensitive. As fall and winter pull us into our inner world of feelings, thoughts, intuitions, and sensations, it brings us closer to the subtleties of how we tick. We miss the light of spring and summer where everything is bright, clear and extroverted. I commonly hear clients,…
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Meditation Music and Listening to Silence
Musical sounds can focus the mind/body connection as a door way into deeper meditation. Music, bells, drumming, chanting and other various sounds have been used to enrich the mind, body and spirit for thousands of years. Each person and culture use music in their own way but it is usually for the same basic purpose;…
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Three Meditation Techniques for Therapy
There are hundreds, maybe thousands of meditation techniques, all with roughly the same intention: peacefulness, happiness, calmness, less pain, increased wisdom and compassion, and spiritual connection. There are seated meditations, walking meditations, standing meditations, and sleeping meditations. There are meditations that use the breath, a mantra, an image, a sound, fasting, psychedelic plants, isolation, and…
