Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
I love the part from the excerpt below about meditating on a noisy train. This is something I often do, that is, meditate in places people don't conceive of being appropriate spaces. Meditation is much more about being wherever you are fully in the moment then it is about being in a silent place with... Continue Reading →
"Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we received the greatest blessing. ...the men of old who gave things their names saw no disgrace or reproach in madness; otherwise they would not have connected with it the name of the noblest of all arts, the art of discerning... Continue Reading →
Yoga-Poses.com is a free directory containing thousands of Yoga poses and Routines, categorized by difficulty and style of Yoga. There are tons of videos from youtube all collected on this site. And then YogaYak.com's youtube channel is also a goldmine of full-length yoga classes for all occasions. Since I'm not well enough to practice yoga... Continue Reading →
"We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart." -- Pema Chodron
In order to infuse my posts with humor, I make it a habit to read Cracked.com almost daily; it's one of the best satirical websites around (superior even to the Onion, in my humble opinion). But when I saw Item #5 in this article today, I didn't find it particularly funny. It speaks to me of a... Continue Reading →
"Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favorable comparison with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life." -- Thomas Edison
This frame story presents undiagnosed/untreated mental illness almost as a human rights issue. From this point of view, it is a basic human right to a. be informed that you are suffering from a mental illness [this fact being objectively determined, of course] and b. be medicated, therapized, or in some other way treated for that disease [the treatments being scientifically proven to address those aforementioned objective diagnoses]....
A dear friend's seven year old son made this. He'd like to get some hits...please oblige him make that counter on youtube go up...it's made me laugh out loud the several times I've watched it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LgNgz2Esps that's the video, but for youtube stats to make a record you need to ***click on the link HERE***...so... Continue Reading →
These are pieces I’ve written on the issue of weight gain and psychiatric drugs. I was always made to believe I was a lazy glutton for having gained weight on psychiatric drugs. I also saw this happen to my clients routinely when I worked as a social worker with people who took psychiatric drugs. I’m here to tell you it’s often simply not your fault if you get fat while ingesting these drugs. There are however options to taking them in the first place or at the very least long term. This blog in it’s greater scope looks at those issues.
