Tag: music
These are very personal questions: What is spiritual to you? When and where do you feel spiritual? How do these spiritual feelings get blocked or expanded?
We can carry these questions throughout our lives. Spiritual practice aims to refine and deepen our understanding of them.
I will focus on three specific spiritual practices: psychological relationships, meditation, and psychedelic plant medicines, including cannabis.
Spiritual practice is about psychological relationships because if our spiritual practice doesn’t improve our relationships with others, what’s the point?
The practice of psychological relationships with others and with one’s inner life is a personal experience with spiritual meaning. This involves experiences of vulnerability, hurt, and confusion that teach us the depth of human love and kindness.
Spiritual practice is not only personal but also universal and objective. We need to look at our minds as they are, our human instincts as they are, and our relationship with the natural world. We are born, go through all the developmental stages, and then die. Life is both precious and painful. We cannot change most of life, but we can learn to connect with it gracefully, little by little.
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Do Video Games Cause Violence
Video games have always been a talking point whenever violence acts come into the spotlight, but do they deserve it? Numerous studies have been done to answer the question, and both sides seem to have strong findings. Do video games cause violence or are they simply a scapegoat for other behavioral issues? Are there any…
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Music Therapy: How to Find Mental Harmony and Peace
Music therapy is used naturally on a daily basis – when we unwind or enliven our moods by listening to our favorite pieces. Music shapes us while we are still in our mothers’ womb, helps us learn throughout childhood, alleviates suffering, guides us to overcome adversity, and engages our eldering brains. But music goes further,…
