The symbolism of dreams depends on how they integrate our conscious and unconscious lives. The symbolism of dreams in the Jungian analysis is much richer and interesting than others. Carl Jung stepped far away from the Freudian idea that dreams represented unfulfilled desires. In fact, he developed other concepts for the interpretation of his patients’…
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In Brief The Facts:Monica Gagliano, a thirty-seven-year-old animal ecologist at the University of Western Australia has conducted multiple experiments with plants that suggest they are a living, thinking, feeling and emotional beings. Reflect On:Does consciousness reside in all things? Is a brain necessary to posses consciousness? Is consciousness dependant on a brain? When it comes…
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Self improvement is part of the process of life. The understanding of life is possible with the self development. Unless you understand the process of life in depth, you only live in illusion. Life has to be understood, and the understanding of it is possible through self-understanding. Unless you reflect on the self, and work…
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“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.” These are the words of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. I contemplated on these words and realized their profound nature. Breath really does connect us with our point of origin, as well as the Source of all that…
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Description: We all know that we have consciousness and that it is somehow connected to the brain but isn’t the same as the mind. Some even think that it is the only thing that differentiates us from animals. But have you ever given some thought about what is it and how it correlates to reality?…
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As a doctor who wrote a science-based book about the physiology of the body’s natural healing process, Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, I would like to offer some help debunking popular myths about self-healing that may confuse what’s real and what’s not. 1. It’s “just the placebo effect.” Just the placebo effect? Why…
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Are you struggling to discover your purpose? That may be because you feel isolated from other people. Here are six ways you can overcome that. Do you have a sense of purpose? For decades, psychologists have studied how long-term, meaningful goals develop over the span of our lives. The goals that foster a sense of…
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We all know that change is inevitable. Even though we do not like the phases of change and the uncomfortable vibes, it gives us, but we do not have a choice rather than adapting to change. Most of the people think that change will hamper their well-being, but this is usually not the case, change…
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When it comes to human awareness we are all unique in our own ways but there are some clear categories that can be broken apart. For instance, those who are open-minded do not see this world in the same way that those who are close-minded do. A somewhat recent study published in the Journal of…
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It is Where it’s Always Been … The search for optimal health has been an obsession for millennia. Ironically, health and happiness are right here, where they’ve always been. While this may sound like a koan or a paradox, we have to begin with a foray into the meaning of consciousness to make sense of…
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Give me a child for the first seven years, and I’ll give you the man. – Francis Xavier (1506-1552), co-founder Jesuits For over 400 years, the Jesuits have offered this popular adage to their community. While many people are aware of this saying, I believe that few are aware of its meaning. Basically, the Jesuits…
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The word “conscious” has nearly become a buzzword these days, meaning it has started being used in ways which drift from what it actually means. What does it actually mean to be conscious and live in a more conscious way? Here are just a few examples of what this means. Be Deliberate in Your Thoughts,…
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In the 1840s, a Scottish doctor living in India named James Esdaile was frequently visited by men with enormous tumours (weighing up to 45 kg) in the scrotum, caused by mosquito bites. The operation to remove them was so painful that men would often put it off for years, only having it as a last…
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Often as a child we are asked ‘What do you want to be when you grow up’? The answers vary from child to child as their years advance for each of those children. It is a typical question asked of various cultures, each one with its own parameters & definitions. However, how many of you…
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New research in mice has identified a group of neurons that helps reveal why and how the brain forgets dreams, according to Medical News Today. The final stage of sleep is called rapid eye movement or REM, and it’s this stage when your brain does the most dreaming. The report cited new research in mice that…
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Focused thinking gets us straight to the point when trying to find an answer. With diffuse thinking, our creativity takes the lead. Both focused thinking and diffuse thinking have pros and cons. Both mindsets bring about quality results, just in different ways. It all depends on how creative you want to get with a project…
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Evolution is a process of ebbs and flows. Contraction and expansion are a normal part of the process and both have their place. However, when we expand our perspective to have an ultra-wide field of awareness, we see that everything evolve and expands. Even the universe, the most macro-scale construct we know of, is in…
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