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Tag Archives: spiritual reality
The descent experience: metaphor for serious illness – Sheila Joshi
The descent experience: metaphor for serious illness Click on the link above to visit Monica Cassani’s wonderful, resource-rich site, http://www.beyondmeds.com, for this piece by Sheila, exploring descent myths in the context of serious illness or distress. ‘In the Fall of 2010, … Continue reading →
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To Go Beyond Thought – Karen Armstrong
Click on the link below for a wonderful, wide-ranging piece by Karen, with gratitude to Parabola Magazine. Here’s a taste:- ‘When a child dies, we want a scientific explanation but that’s not all we need. We need some kind of … Continue reading →
Posted in actualizing tendency, awakening, compassion, consciousness, creativity, cultural questions, ecological, empathy, ethics, fear, growth, immanence, kindness & compassion, love, meaning, meditation, metaphor & dream, mindfulness, paradigm shift, perception, political, presence, reality, self, self concept, shadow, spirituality, transformation, violence
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