“Oneness,” is a concept believed in Buddhism as the unison of the body and the mind. The Buddhist thinking suggests that achieving this harmonious balance will help them to achieve Enlightenment. What is interesting is that everyone seeks their own…
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We are all one. Our actions and feelings effects us and others. Perceiving the creation as one big tree with innumerable branches, leaves, fruits, flowers and each individual being as a single leaf / fruit / flower / branch on…
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Everyone of us has an ego, and we all experience the actions of our ego in our lives. In this article, I will discuss the ego from a personal experience, and then relate it back to the way we can…
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At the beginning of the year, I had to answer difficult questions relating to the nature of consciousness. What is the relationship between the mind and the brain? Are the mind and body different kinds of substance—mental and physical—that exist…
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Imprinting, or more specifically, filial imprinting, refers to the tendency for a young animal to follow the first large moving object it sees. It is also known to refer to other characteristics that an offspring both learns and inherits from…
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The most obvious influence of esoteric spirituality on western psychology is in the use of meditation, relaxation techniques, and yoga. These techniques are even being used more and more in allopathic medicine. Both medicine and psychology are gradually embracing the…
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In simple terms, psychology is the study of the psyche (or the soul). In practical terms this means the study of human behavior including healthy mental functioning as well as mental illnesses. Mental health is the practical application of what…
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Philosophers, going back to Aristotle and Plato, have all contemplated deeply on just what constitutes ‘consciousness’. They came to no satisfactory answer. Even now, in the 21st century, we are no further on in our search for the answer to this…
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Human beings evolved in complete inter-dependence with other organisms. The psychology of sustainability recognizes this vital connection, and builds upon it, for humans to have better mental, emotional, physical and spiritual lives in their relationships with the world. Other organisms…
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The Gathering of the Freudian Slips Using Freud’s classification of the Id, the ego and the superego in everyday life, as well as the id-superego conflicts and its defence mechanisms in everyday life, one can greatly understand a person and…
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