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As I was driving to my Corvallis Home yesterday, I was struck by how much wee humans will use phrases akin to "I Deserve".* Actually, the formula often goes:

"I Deserve (something unHealthy) because I did (something Healthy)."

The fact of the matter is that we all Deserve a hell of a lot more in Life than we probably get. This is one of the ( Read more... )

"Positive Thinking" simply means "Focusing on what I Desire". "Negative Thinking" then means "Focusing on what I do not Desire". Note that I'm not talking of airy-fairy flights of fancy and sloppy thinking. Far from it. Also, there's no "value judgement" or other type of philosophical nonsense in Positive Thinking. I am simply Focusing on ( Read more... )

Ya know, since yesterday morning, I've felt incredibly awesome. I've been Experiencing lots of Joy, Happiness, and Enthusiasm. It's felt good to be Alive! There's a few reasons I'm feeling like I am, but I'll only briefly mention one for now. I believe that everyone needs to Give their Selves a Sabbat/Sabbath/Day of Rest/Day of reCreation. ( Read more... )

To "Know Thy Selves" has been my Life's Quest for longer than I can remember. That postmodern version of the Delphic Oracular Quote has been with me since before I first became active online. Since my initial online contact with others, I've had various I-dent-if-I-cations, but the Quest and the Quote remain constant ( Read more... )

In the realm of Transpersonal Psychology (TP), there has been a term for all the various trance, meditative, hypnotic, and other states: Altered States of Consciousness, or ASCs. The field of TP (and NLP) is on the cutting edge of Consciousness research for the academic field of Psychology, and has made some interesting discoveries. But what I ( Read more... )