FundamentalismAt the first stage people are embodiment fascists. They follow just one art and insist that it’s the best. They berate other practices and have very little cross-style, or cross-cultural understanding. This stage may come with fairy conservative or event prejudicial views more widely, even if under an “alternative” or pseudo-liberal (“be free to think …
And they paused and looked at their livesAnd realised it was more appearance than substanceAnd more busyness than sanity When the rushing subsidedThey were embarrassedBut thankful to wake upfrom a kind of trance And they walked out into the sunshineWith loved onesCooked their own foodAnd held each other a little closer They woke upAnd all …
These are the most common verbal mistakes I see people in this field make: Giving possible outcomes and metaphors, rather than clear methods, e.g. “Empty your mind”, or, “Have a mind like water”, versus “Bring your attention to the physical sensations of breathing”. This is known as non-operational language, as the clear method is missing …
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It can be: Noticing your breath a few times a day Coming back onto your heels when rushing Widening your awareness when wanting more confidence Going for a walk when stuck for ideas Relaxing your belly when stressed etc. Keep it simple.
A lot of my life has centred on first fighting, then coming to love the archetypal father. In a feminised society where boys are largely raised by women and masculinity mocked, repressed and despised, this is a hard journey. The world now embodies the supposedly caring but tyrannical mother of both state and counter culture. She …
Whatever the form, the purpose of terrorism is to produce a fight-flight state that perpetuates violence. Scared people hurt people, and hurt people hurt yet MORE people. This is the cycle of: violence-hindbrain dominance – more violence. This fight-flight reaction causes neo-cortical inhibition (you get stupid) and blocks the social engagement system (you get mean). …
We live in a badly self-regulated disconnected time. Basically we’re lonely toddlers in tantrum land. And yeah, me included many days. People buy shit they don’t need and do shit that hurts them to fill a void that can only be filled by meaning and community. We are cut off from ourselves, others and the …
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