“I took my diamond to the pawnshop, but that don’t make it junk.” Leonard Cohen Is purity weakness? Does it compromise our position and leave us undefended? Popular misconception would have us believe that purity is close to naivety, that…
“I took my diamond to the pawnshop, but that don’t make it junk.” Leonard Cohen Is purity weakness? Does it compromise our position and leave us undefended? Popular misconception would have us believe that purity is close to naivety, that…
Once upon a time, and still now, having the right papers could make the difference between life and death. From the chaos of war through to the decrees of courts, the legitimacy of the paper work can impact status, finances,…
The above slides give a descriptive map of the structure of our spiritual psychology (Click on slide to see the complete image). The images should be viewed as representative of living form. The representation is given within the language of…
There are many voices in the mental field. Some echo an inner calling, some could seem to be telepathic, and some repeat the mantra of suffering of humanity as a whole, as it evolves from generation to generation, and one…
Many have written saying they feel that traumatic states and contractions are so many and so pervasive, that they seek all help possible to get free. Feeling caught in old trauma or PTSD – especially when the cause can’t be found or…
“I don’t want to be here.” “I don’t belong here.” “Nobody cares.” “I have to do it alone.” “Someone wants to kill me.” “I’m not OK.” This is not the voice of the newly arrived refugee: it is the undercurrent of our own minds –…
“They fuck us up, our Mum and Dad, they don’t mean to, but they do.” ~ Philip Larkin Research showing epigenetic evidence of the transition of trauma through generations, from parent to child, is getting a lot of attention. It can…
Fear. It’s an ungraspable kind of suffering in which we reflexively shrink back from life. It separates us from the environment, narrows the perceptive view, freezes the flow of feeling, contracts the mind, and blinds us to inner resources. Yet…
Why do good people do bad things? How is that sometimes we’re swept away on a flood of negative emotion and later apologize, saying “I wasn’t myself”? How do despots persuade the people to murder on their behalf, to sacrifice…
Awareness is a magician in the role of healing, through physical, emotional and mental affliction. This is the case whether it’s our awareness or the awareness of a beloved.