Appropriate Actions Undertaken Respectfully
If there are no stock solutions to problems, and one chooses to evaluate their life through reflecting on experiences in order to find the learning contained within, rather than adopting a system of beliefs devised by others, then just how can one know that the way they are acting is ‘ok’ in the bigger picture. [...]
So You’d Like To… De-virus Your Mind
This guide is based on my review of Richard Brodie’s book Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme. I first flicked through a copy of Virus of the Mind in a secondhand bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona. At that stage the part that caught my attention was the chapter on disinfection and particularly [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 6
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Chapter 6 – Technique of Imaginative Evocation of Interpersonal Relationships Not much to say on this. This is something we use in Psychosynthesis frequently, mainly for going to past wounds and talking to the people involved. Likewise, it is similar to what [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 5
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Chapter 5 – Spiritual Psychosynthesis This was probably the most interesting chapter for me, however I see that parts of it are not really appropriate for therapy work (at this stage in time anyway), and some is good background for the therapist [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 4
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Chapter 4 part 2 Imagination & Visualisation I have no real problems with the stuff Assagioli talks about here. It is material I’ve covered a lot in the past 10 or so years, and in the main I both understand and agree [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 3
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Chapter 4 Catharsis – I have some mixed views on Catharsis. I can understand that if it is done correctly it can indeed lead to an emotional discharge. It is stuck in my mind for some reason though, from first year Psychology, [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 2
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Overall I find the chapters just read to be easy enough to follow in most instances and I can understand some of where Assagioli is coming from. It came to me that it would seem Assagioli is partly a product of his [...]
Psychosynthesis Notes 1
The following are various notes and chapter summaries of Roberto Assagioli’s book Psychosynthesis: Although I found the text, so far, to be reasonably clinical (e.g. use of many clinical terms, such as patient rather than client) it was no more difficult than a standard Psychology book, but in general more interesting and relevant to my [...]
Spiritual Emergency – When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis
(“When Crisis Becomes a Personal Transformation” is a very apt alternative title for the themes in this book and Self Growth in general) A review of the book by Stan and Christina Grof (editors) Rather than just review this book in a normal fashion I have chosen to concentrate on writing some thoughts and feelings [...]
The Jungian Concept of The Shadow
In this article I will outline some of the Jungian concepts of the Shadow, which has an important role linked closely with the Anima and Animus, the importance of which will be understood by those who have undertaken Trance Exercise 5. As a side note, it is interesting to note that Jung’s concepts of the [...]
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