Ecopsychology: Release from Spiritual Confinement
[Exploring Life] Ecopsychology embraces three vital concepts, relationship, interaction, and belonging. Psychology has had an incestuous history, one in which it constantly looked for solutions to the problems it was responsible for creating in the first place. In this sense, psychology created its own market by infecting people with false assumptions about behaviour, emotions, and [...]
Spiritual Endeavor: Dark Night of the Soul – 1
[Exploring Life] On a Dark Night… Darkness means an absence or deficiency of light. From a spiritual perspective, darkness creates an intuitive space in which the fragility of our beliefs about the meaning and purpose of our lives becomes uncomfortably apparent. To enter into a spiritual darkness is to begin an excruciating journey into of [...]
Mental Clarity: Awareness
[Exploring Life] When we become entrenched in our conceptual orientation to the world we limit our ability to perceive and apprehend it from different perspectives. All concepts are, at best, assumptions about reality. Any concept is therefore something less than reality itself. At the same time, we use concepts to construct meaning. If our minds [...]
Mental Clarity: The Contemplative Mind
[Exploring Life] We have a deep desire to seek a greater purpose in life, yet often feel confined by the requirements of our existing lifestyle. A quick glance at the “Self Help” section in a bookstore reveals an ever-expanding array of publications designed to help people embrace a deeper sense of happiness, joy, and contentment [...]