Monthly Archives: September 2014

‘The exiled scapegoats, the black sheep, the nonconformists & creative maladjusted’ – Monica Cassani

http://beyondmeds.com/2014/09/27/the-exiled-scapegoats/ Click on the link for this interesting post by Monica on http://www.beyondmeds.com. We especially liked the following:- ‘Exiled scapegoats can, thus, return to serve the collective as agents of its deepest and most difficult needs…. But they are also … Continue reading

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Paulo Coelho on Explaining your emotions

“Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to … Continue reading

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Drake Spaeth – Silence, Shunning, & Shying Away: Destroying Personhood & Connection Through Preserving the Peace

http://www.saybrook.edu/newexistentialists/posts/09-25-14 Click on the link for this interesting and useful article by Drake Spaeth, about how we can harm/diminish ourselves and others by keeping silent in relationship around difficult feeling and conflict. We especially liked:- ‘If I feel that parts of me … Continue reading

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The Wolves of Yellowstone – George Monbiot, & Candice Anne Hershman

In 1995, naturalists re-introduced wolves into Yellowstone National Park, after a 70 year absence. The most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains. We found this film through … Continue reading

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‘Healing is the leading forth of wholeness in people’ – Rachel Naomi Remen

‘I like to think of the word ‘healing’ in the relationship to curing, as coming to terms with things as they are. What healing is is a process through which we come to terms with the actuality of our situation … Continue reading

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Brené Brown on Joy: It’s Terrifying

Click on the link for this short film of Oprah and Brené, talking about joy, love, terror and vulnerability. We agree about the practice of gratitude – whether in the form of a gratitude journal or something less structured. If … Continue reading

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Carl Rogers on Creating Relationships

“The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.” Carl Rogers Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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The most alive sadness in your heart – Matt Licata

Click on the link to visit this post on http://www.beyondmeds.com – beautiful words from Matt about an inward process of awakening, and coming to a deeper, fuller experience of what it is to be human:- http://beyondmeds.com/2014/09/23/sadness-in-your-heart/ This includes a link … Continue reading

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Sioux Prayer

Sioux Prayer Grandfather Great Spirit All over the world the faces of living ones are alike With tenderness they have come up out of the ground Look upon your children that they may face the winds And walk the good … Continue reading

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Staying with feeling: Krishnamurti

‘You never remain with any feeling, pure and simple, but always surround it with the paraphernalia of words. The word distorts it; thought, whirling round it, throws it into shadow, overpowers it with mountainous fears and longings. You never remain … Continue reading

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