Pursuing Virtue
We define a virtue as a moral excellence or goodness. We express our virtues as character strengths we can offer the world. “The number of potential character strengths profiles is exponentially greater than the number …
Healing Trauma
A reader recently mentioned the work of Irene Lyon, a specialist in somatic (body) healing. When we’re unable to fully process a traumatic experience, that stress may be stored in the physiology. Even if it’s …
The Biology of Not Enough
In a recent article, Kavitha Chinnaiyan made some interesting observations around early childhood development. She noted that our mental narrative-making has biological roots. That every childhood has trauma simply because our caregivers couldn’t be there …
The 5 Apology Languages
I’ve written before about the 5 Love Languages. I found this quite insightful. People are prone to recognize and express love in certain ways. If two people are out of sync, they can become frustrated. …
Cursing
Recently, a topic came up that I’ve not discussed here before. That of cursing. We could say cursing is the opposite of gratitude. It is an angry expression of non-acceptance. Some people curse habitually. In …
The Lesson
I don’t recommend searching for issues to fix in ourselves. That just cultures a sense of being broken. It can be pretty hard on relationships too, if their sharing gets an “I’ll fix you” response …
The Aura
The aura is a term often used to describe the energy field surrounding the physical body. It’s coloured according to the activity of the chakras, dominant thoughts in the mind, emotions, and physical sensations. However, …
Sri Yantra: The Oregon Desert Mystery
Some readers may enjoy this film about a small group of artists who built a large Sri Yantra in a remote Oregon desert. They never expected it to be noticed. However, it was photographed by …
Vistas
Our potential vistas are remarkable. Even on the physical level, we have the vast range of beings in our bodies, including our cells and microbiome, around us, from the tiny to the very large, in …
The 4 Characters
Most of you will be familiar with some basics of our brain physiology. Our brain is hemispheric: it has 2 distinct halves that are biologically similar but behave somewhat differently. We sometimes describe them as …
Modes of Transportation
Forms of transportation develop a lot through the ages. You have basic transportation like walking, carts, and horseback riding. Then we have wind powered devices like windmills and sail boats. Then there are machines using …
My Friend, The Mantra
This post is more personal. It’s not an example of a typical process. I first learned an effortless meditation back in 1974. It made an enormous difference in my life, soothing my physiology and opening …