When the Mind is Used by Ego

What is the difference between the mind and the ego? The ego could be described as a movement of thought in the mind that has a limited perception of reality, it actually clouds it completely. It’s the false sense of self. When the identification to that false self vanishes (through experiences of spiritual awakening and [...]

Synchronicity, the soul and our mental health

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One of the clearest emerging directions for mental health interventions in the 21st-century is the need to acknowledge a spiritual dimension in life. Spirituality partly involves a belief in some larger consciousness beyond ourselves that affects our lives. Religious people might refer to God, whereas others might consider that they receive messages or guidance from [...]

Our Addiction to Suffering

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by Amy Lansky The Buddha said that suffering arises from craving — for instance, craving for more love, more possessions, more physical prowess or beauty. But sometimes I wonder if the truth is more akin to the reverse — that we crave our suffering. In other words, are we actually addicted to suffering? In the past, I [...]

Do You Like What You See?

An excerpt from award-winning author Brent Marchant’s new book, Third Real: Conscious Creation Goes Back to the Movies “Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” —Earl Nightingale When we gaze into a mirror, we expect it to reflect back to us an accurate representation of what we [...]

The Cosmic Hologram: Beyond the Brain

Excerpt from The Cosmic Hologram by Jude Currivan PhD Realizing that everything we call physical reality is the expression of the in-formational intelligence of cosmic mind completely reframes the question of human and indeed all consciousness and cognizance. The view of most neuroscientists has been that our consciousness somehow arises from the brain as a localized [...]

Seeing Patterns: 9/11 vs 11/9

Numbers are once again being activated through patterns. If you dare to go even deeper, perhaps our new reality tv star president, "elected" on 11/9 is fulfilling a prophecy. It was in 1550 that Nostradamus began to put his healing work through medicine aside and embrace the occult arts of foretelling the future. Nostradamus didn’t practice magic; [...]