Posts Tagged ‘consciousness’

Many Selves, One Mindful Direction

Written by john on May 3rd, 2009
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I walk around with a crowd inside – so many selves wanting to go in different directions. Too many voices are talking all at once, and it’s hard to pick out the one I need to listen to right now. Here’s the intuitive talker, waking up with the [...]

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Dreams, Depression & Spirituality – 2

Written by john on March 9th, 2008
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Insightful comments by Stephany and Jane are helping me get to another stage in dealing with depression. In a previous post I started wondering if there might be a very different way of imagining and experiencing this illness. Could there be a way of adapting that started with [...]

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What Depression Can Do – 1: Disappearing

Written by john on August 17th, 2007
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I can't remember when this started happening. I'm walking about in everyday life reacting to nothing, feeling nothing, and it's happening now when I'm on the job, running a meeting with 20 people around a table. This is not the self-control I developed as a kid, the bottling up of intense feeling out [...]

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