“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…
“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…
BLESSED AS EARTH I am the verdict of this enraging guilt, a wilderness of curses, a torturous space forsaken, far from holy, garden gates, or worse –
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…
In calling the bluff on Washington, Trump effectively said: ‘The King is Naked’. Can we begin to truly see that the despot that has been deciding the future of our planet is indeed naked? As global hope falls and Obama Care…
Science has shown that meditation offers the chance to form new neural pathways that rise beyond the addictive twin trap of acceptance V rejection, condemnation V redemption, or self V other. In this, the suffering of rejection is immensely relieved,…
Historically, we believed that the brain stops growing after childhood. In this decade, science has established that this is not true. The brain is constantly evolving and open for transformation. Significant changes in brain mass, connectivity and performance can be…
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.
Years ago, in the physical wilderness of anxiety and panic attacks, I remember lying down, desperately immobilized on the wooden floor boards of our house. I had pain to the sides of my chest and around my hips. On top…
Where does thought come from? If we actively choose not to think of something, is the thinking happening anyway, whether or not we are conscious of it? Are whole processes of understanding and formulation taking place way beneath the precincts…
Our genes form our personalities. But often, the rejection of the personality as ‘illusory’ is a repeat of an old formula of spiritual bypass and self abnegation. What does it take to awaken into spiritual freedom? Often the release of…