“What would you do if there were no conflict? It would be deadly. Working with conflict is precisely the idea of walking on the spiritual path. The path is a wild, winding mountain road with all kinds of curves; there are wild animals, attacks by bandits, all kinds of situations cropping up. As far as... Continue Reading →
I shared this little blurb of an idea I had with some friends: Different belief systems come from different experience and the human experience is endlessly diverse. It's nothing short of arrogant to think that our little personal idiosyncratic experience has led us to the ultimate truth. I question my beliefs everyday, knowing that belief... Continue Reading →
Truly wondrous bird murmuration. I had this video scheduled a couple of weeks down the line but it's so popular and I'm seeing it everywhere, so I thought I'd get it up now so that perhaps a few of you won't have already seen it.
Keris Myrick the woman featured in the New York Times article by Benedict Carey in the series Lives Restored, Living with Mental Illness responds to the internet summaries of the article. It seems people understood what they wanted about medication and its role in her recovery. More than anything Keris Myrick is a pragmatist. Do what works. I say Amen to that! What works for me, may not work for you and vice versa. And it’s my mantra that it generally takes a combination of many things that varies from person to person to find health and well-being. Generalizing to everyone based on our own personal experience alone is a recipe for disaster.
From When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home. How all of us can help veterans
Us human beings. We all want the same thing. We are all so much more alike than not. I try to remember this daily when I am unhappy with anyone in my life, friend or foe.
A psychiatrist speaks: "I willingly signed the APA [American Psychological Association] petition Dr. Frances endorses, but my real wish is that they’d table the whole DSM-5 enterprise and let us regroup and figure out who the hell we are before proceeding."
It seems clear that the various mystical traditions offer solutions to depression and anxiety. If we go on to consider states of high mania, we recognize that the spiritually mature person would avoid many of their pitfalls.
The most troubling consequence of chronic sleeping pill is an apparent reduction in lifespan in chronic sleeping pills users relative to those reporting equivalent insomnia who did not take sleeping pills.
This goes out to my partner and husband Paul who has done more for me than most human beings will ever do for another.
Being at home in this life. A message for everyone.
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