Tag: Psychology
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Chants from Ancient India | 11 Powerful Mantras to Cleanse Aura, Negative Energy + Bring Abundance
Chanting promotes a feeling of connection to oneself and others. A spiritual discipline to improve listening skills and sensitivity. An enthralling practice that deepens our relationship with our source and those around us. Descanting together provides a powerful sense of oneness, a feeling lost in our ever-increasingly separate and busy lives. When we intonate mantras, our mind expands our […]
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In our brief labor in this world, we can move the rock by, and with the aid of, choice.
We tell stories about choice for many reasons. We want to learn or teach; we want to know others or have them know us; we want to understand how we got from there to here. We take the choices that for some reason or other have lit up like stars across our memory, and we […]
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Understanding the difference between Love and Lust can be tricky, leading to most of one’s time spent indoors.
Signs of Lust include spending time in the bedroom with them instead of being around people. Lust entails the desire for constant sexual fulfillment, leading to most of one’s time spent indoors. Sex drive is a spectrum: there is no universal “normal.” Regardless of gender, many things, not just hormones like testosterone, pheromones, and androgens, influence the desire […]
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Religious practices, traditions, and customs are not meaningless. They are reasonable
On co-opting religion, banknotes’ slogan “in God, we trust” shows a preference for a particular ideology edging out others. Why not in Mary we trust? Or in the Holy Spirit, we trust? Or even in Jesus, we trust. In July 1955, Ike, President from 1953 to 1961, signed House Bill H.R. 619, requiring the inscription […]
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A word of caution. Always stay present! If you see little embers fall on the ground, tamp them out immediately
The ancient Egyptians and Romans used Sage, an herb with several promising health benefits, to treat digestive issues, memory problems, and sore throats. Dried sage was burned as a way to heal, protect, increase perspicuity, and boost defense against disease. Native Americans and other indigenous peoples have burned sage, for centuries, as a spiritual ritual […]
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Going Steady | Vintage 1950’s Dating Guide for Girls and Boys
A 1950’s high school girl considers dating exclusively, and a lot of folks have something to say about that!Interestingly, a study in the 1940’s showed a majority of young peers approved of going steady, while a majority of parents disapproved of the practice. The term ‘going steady’, was commonly used to describe exclusive dating in […]
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Maslow placed authoritarianism at the bottom of the pyramid
Maslow’s “hierarchy of societies” placed authoritarianism at the bottom of the pyramid, with laissez-faire capitalism higher and New Deal welfare statism highest. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist who developed a hierarchy of needs to explain human motivation. His theory suggested that people have a list of basic needs they must meet before moving up the scale […]
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Did you know that Agoraphobia is not a fear of open spaces as commonly believed?
Fear starts in the part of the brain called the amygdala. Smithsonian Magazine states, “A threat stimulus, such as the sight of a predator, triggers a fear response in the amygdala, activating areas involved in motor functions implicated in fight or flight. The self is the root of all fear. To inhibit or suppress fear is not […]
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concrete demonstrations of intimacy open the connection to the less verbal
To fight in honor of or for someone or something. 1. Many men who left to fight for their country did not live to return to it. 2. To struggle to gain or secure someone or something. You must fight for your girl if you’re in love with Vanessa. How do you fight with someone? […]
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Motivation is a push factor – Inspiration, a pull or driving force
Motivation is a push factor. It’s an outside force compelling you to take action, even if you don’t necessarily want to. Inspiration, on the other hand, is more of a pull or driving force. It comes from within and gets us to proactively give our best effort. Motivation refers to a process of stimulating someone […]
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Today’s Card – Five of Swords – Make Amends
A hollow victory, i.e., meaningless, is a Pyrrhic victory, an empty victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it. A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes at a high cost, making the ordeal to win not worth it. There are five synonyms for pyrrhic-victory, like Cadmean-victory, offset victory, and no-win situation. […]
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An individual who values integrity is: Dependable – The Knight of Pentacles
Knight of Pentacles is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards, including tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the “Minor Arcana.” Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play parlor games. The Knights of Tarot are one of the four royal figures of the Minor Arcana. They serve the King […]
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