Seriously?
I saw a movie in which the characters did all sorts of miserable things to each other, up to and including murder. But the strikingly...
Unsatisfactoriness?
Parents tend to tell their young children Disneyfied stories to make them feel happy & safe. Teenagers & young adults tend to have...
Aversion, Greed or Delusion?
What's your main schtick? Are you predominantly • Trying to avoid incompatible, unpleasant or toxic things, situations, people? OR •...
Here, Now AND Far Away
The story we tell ourselves about the world & ourselves is how we perceive & understand these. Though we each contribute some unique...
Our "Uncommon" Understanding
Our common understanding results from a combination of 1) an ancient part of our brain. We experience its autopilot-like activity &...
Our "Normal" Understanding
How & what we normally know & understand - our mindset, consciousness, or operating system - is hardwired for survival of our individual...
Two Levels of Consciousness
We seem to operate at 2 very different but complimentary levels of consciousness: 1) The common, default, symbolic egoic level...
Rational Thought - AND - Awareness
Rational thought & language (discursive rationality, personal-verbal processing) are essential for science & technology, which in turn...
Worldview - Maturity Level - Impacts
Developmental psychology and wisdom traditions understand our consciousness or worldview can, ideally, continue to evolve or mature to...
Self-talk - a Love / Hate Relationship
We tend to inhabit a thought-world - 'the story of me'. Incessant self-talk is, we assume, our 'self' telling us who we are...
