"After the age of thirty, all psychological problems are spiritual in nature." – Carl JungCarl Jung, actually a student of Freud, is said to have rescued psychiatry and psychology from the grip of Freudian atheism. Jung pioneered the study of the unconscious, dreams and symbolism. He wrote about the archetypes of the unconscious and
The hip term these days for people not getting back to you is "flaking out" or just "flaking." As in, "We had a couple dates and then they flaked on me." Another slang that's come through the dating door is "ghosting," which ratchets up flaking, where the person just mostly disappears.But this isn't about
There's an old story about a pious man named Izzy*, who every night, on his knees at the side of his bed would pray for one singular thing. With folded hands and eyes squeezed shut, he'd earnestly and imploringly ask God, "Dear God, please, please let me win the lottery! Please, please let me
Our "invisible inner world" is where all our undying hopes and dreams come from. So it's important that each of us is able to locate the door to our invisible inner world and, even more vital, learn how to enter. This isn't as easy as simply walking through it – as it's guarded by
"It was at the height of the War on Drugs but I considered cannabis my War on Anxiety." Back in the day, anxiety was the wallpaper and furnishings of my mind. I (somehow) soldiered through but living in anxiety was a way of life for me. I'd panic in social situations, I'd worry about
I get letters… "It is so good to hear someone else talking about this! I stumbled upon this intentional healing practice with cannabis after having what could be called my initial Kundalini experience and it is truly amazing and has helped me face and release so much trauma! It helped me to move into
I can still feel the dry summer dust against my skin. Each year, as a little kid, suitcase in hand, standing along the dirt road at the end of our long gravel driveway. This was my mother's house following the divorce and she intended to put as much space between her and my father
“Everyone will notice.” Hmmm, I was playing it out in my mind (what else is there to do stopped at an intersection, eh?). The implied story is that a person got promoted and to celebrate, buys a big bauble so that they could …. could what? Impress people because 1) they had such good taste
No! Please Don’t Make Me Breathe! Breathing was something I didn’t really want to do for most of my life. Not that I didn’t want to breath to stay alive but it was the breathing that meditation and yoga teachers nudged me to do … focusing on the air going in-and-out of my lungs -
I was having a bite at my neighborhood Whole Foods when I glanced up and saw a greeting card carousal smack-dab in front me. It was bursting with flowy affirmations cards. Stuff like: • All you need is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust • Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is
