Month: December 2011

Our Earth today — yes, right now on Christmas day

This is a view of Earth on Christmas morning, today.

this fragile web: why every moment matters (Happy Winter Solstice and Holidays)

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The quest to understand consciousness

Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness -- that is a marvelous fact -- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.

Feel that love pulling you like a river?

Those who don’t feel this love pulling them like a river, those who don’t drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like supper, those who don’t want to change, let them sleep. This love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve... Continue Reading →

NUMB the movie: documentary on SSRI withdrawal

brown stem in macro lens for numb the movie

Numb the movie:  It's good that a visual documentation of the possible horror of antidepressant withdrawal will now be available. It seems some people learn better via film and video.

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The void

moon in trees for the void

Often people experience a frightening thought that at the center of their being is a void, a terrible nothingness that threatens to swallow them whole. Less often a person is aware enough of this concern to express it in words. Frequently people live their entire lives avoiding, that is to say, being driven by this existential anxiety, the fear of death or non-being.

Soul in Crisis: why cultural healing must replace the “mental illness” story

Below is bunch of links to book excerpts by Maureen B. Roberts PhD. She is a Jungian therapist who values the spiritual and transformative dimensions of what is so often labeled mental illness. She also supports nutritional and dietary support of our holistic wellbeing. I've posted this a couple of times before...it's worth revisiting. ●... Continue Reading →

Don’t regret regret

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8L1YMR88U We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets. I did a post with another TedTalk by Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong I really enjoy her! Hope you do too.

Do you feel anxious, hopeless, discouraged, or depressed? Break free!

Do you feel anxious, hopeless, discouraged, or depressed?
If so I have good news: you can break free from all that negativity. The trick is to learn to make the mind work toward your best interests rather than against them.

About the holidays: Always in the Season

These two always have the most contagious fun!

What is non-attachment?

"For a long time, I believed not being attached meant not feeling anything too strongly one way or another, as if becoming sad or angry was a sign of spiritual non-attaintment. I thought that the fruit of spiritual practice was to abide in a permanent state of non-reaction or, if I did feel something “negative” it should somehow magically dissolve in the nectar of unseen equanimity so I could be returned to a state of bliss. Whatever that means."

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