Inner Civil Rights
Dreams of oppression and protesting often symbolize the need to address egocentricity so as to provide greater expression to the soul.
Knowing God
The bible story of Jonah and the whale helps us understand the reality of destiny and its activity in our lives. Life and God sometimes ask us to do things we don’t fully understand. We may even disagree with what is being asked. You are not always going to understand the “why” behind the things you are asked to do.
The Necessary Risk of Irrational Risk
Some risks make sense; they are fairly safe, reasonable, or logical. But other risks are gambles we are asked to make for God. They may seem irrational, illogical. But they come from somewhere inside us, our soul, our heart, our intuition. These are irrational risks and they are often the most magical and meaningful.
The Psyche Speaks
We are part of the psyche like a cell is part of the body. We are meant to assist the psyche in its ever-unfolding creation, passion, and life.
The Psychology and Value of Emotional Containment
In order to grow as people, we must learn to harness our emotions, contemplate them, learn from them, express them appropriately, and let them transform us.
Depressing Depression Therapy
Conventional ways of treating depression often focus on ignoring the dark and embracing the light: “think just positive thoughts.” But real healing typically requires an authentic encounter with the dark. The seeds of new growth germinate in the dark. There is a purpose to your suffering.
The Life You Live is the Life You Get
No need to wait for karma. The quality of your life goes hand-in-hand with the quality of your relationship with your soul. Live your life with integrity and you will experience its deepest value.
The Psychology of a Viagra Ad
According to a Viagra commercial I recently saw, we are in “the age of getting things done.” The advertisement shows a mid-life cowboy hauling a horse trailer behind his pickup truck. Predictably, his truck gets mired in a mud slick so he uses the two horses he’s been hauling to pull the pickup and trailer…
Spiritual Development and the Heart of Gold
Neil Young’s song “Heart of Gold” offers an opportunity to reflect on what is most important in life. You can look outside of yourself, but your real gold is found within you.