Motivation - Doing The Right Thing In the first chapter of the Bible (Genesis), God advised—admonished Adam and Eve that all was theirs except the apple from the Tree of Wisdom. That is, the Choices of Good were broad and there was apparently only one bad. However, and as you know the story, humans being what they are, the apple was tasted. Thereafter, all of us have had to … [Read more...]

Schizophrenia And The First Mistake You can't start off with a mistake and think you're going to end up in the right place, unless you are schizophrenic, not and wish to be viewed as sane, reasonable or logical. You certainly can do that if you're schizophrenic, which much of the American public, and even sometimes you and I, act like. I have a patient with Chronic Fatigue … [Read more...]

Uncle Remus, Br'er Rabbit And Emotions In the state of health, emotions are like arrows in a quiver: They are orderly, related, capable, purposeful yet spontaneously and readily available in a wide assortment. With the variety and frequency of emotional reactions that people have, there must be a method, a form, an organization to these emotions, lest these emotional reactions … [Read more...]

How The Mind Heals Do as much of this as is comfortable for you: just begin. A summary of psychologist Daniel Goleman, who covers the Behavioral Sciences for The New York Times and who is author of the best seller Emotional Intelligence Bantam, 1995, interviewing Tulku Thondup as recorded in New Age Journal October 1996 pages 74-79 and 102-103. This interview concerns the … [Read more...]

Why And How To Meditate Do as much of this as is comfortable for you. Just begin. Do you believe in diet, exercise, and not smoking? Excluding permanent vacations, are vacations a good idea? What is the purpose of a vacation? It is to get away from it all, to relax, to avoid the millions of small demands of our daily lives where we scurry about mechanically and thoughtlessly … [Read more...]