A. INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Most of us are rather ineffective in expressing our needs and solving our interpersonal problems. We either tend to withhold and suppress our feelings or we go to the other extreme of exploding onto the other person blaming him for our unhappiness. When we do not express our needs and feelings, we tend to become tense, bitter, negative, and feel alienated and resentful towards the person or situation which we feel is responsible for not fulfilling our needs and expectations. This creates internal tension which can result in illness of all types. Continue reading “A16 Effective Communication: How to communicate more effectively through I-messages and Active Listening”

Have you ever been to a quiet stream in the countryside, in the spring, when life is green and moist? You sit down on a rock and watch the running water. The sights and sounds of the flowing water and the growing plant life begin to work their mysterious way into your nervous system. Continue reading “A01 A Natural Meditation: A description of how one might experience a meditation in nature”

«By convention there is color,
by convention sweetness,
by convention bitterness,
but in reality there are atoms and space».

Dimocritos (c. 460 – c. 400 B.C.)

The reality which we perceive is subjectively influenced by our belief systems and subconscious programming. Thus each person experiences a different type of reality. We perceive the same events and the same people in different ways. Continue reading “A02 Analysis of Reality: A scientific and spiritual analysis of what our physical reality is comprised of”

The mind is the molder of our every experience. Every sense impulse is analyzed, evaluated and then recorded in the mind as pleasant (supporting our needs), unpleasant (endangering to our needs) or neutral. If our conditioning and beliefs have learned to interpret a particular perception or event as positive or as satisfying, then the mind creates a pleasant inner environment. When, however, the events of life are interpreted by the programmed mind as threatening, fearful or unpleasant, it then creates a state of anxiety and tension. Continue reading “A03 Attitude Therapy: Some basic beliefs and concepts which if we believe them, we will create increased peace and health”

WHAT HAPPENED?

We were so suited for each other, so in love, so happy together. We had so many dreams. Our every moment together was so full of joy, happiness and excitement of being close to someone who loved us and understood us. We were so sure that we would live happily together forever. We never thought that we would arrive to this state of not communicating, misunderstanding, distance, indifference and even competition, aggressiveness and, in some cases, verbal violence. What happened? How did this happen? What can we do so as to be loving again as we were? Continue reading “A04 Basic Relationship Problems: A discussion concerning why we encounter in our love relationships”

HOW IS MEDITATION USED TODAY?

People from all walks of life, in all the countries of the world belonging to all the possible religions, meditate for a wide variety of reasons. The same technique offers something different to each according to his needs and motives. Some of the motives for which people meditate today are: Continue reading “A05 Benefits of Meditation: Scientific psychological and physiological measurements made on those who meditate and those who do not”

Two major traps on the spiritual path are the feelings of Pride and Guilt. Both are feelings that separate us from others and the truth. Continue reading “A06 Beyond Pride And Guilt: These are two major obstacles towards happiness, unity and peace”