Everyone is selling recovery. Even comedians are selling recovery and that’s not funny! These days it seems like everyone is selling recovery and so I’m glad I got it for free before it was too late. I recovered from alcoholism in A.A. for free but Rachel Hart wants me to pay her to tell me…
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TRAUMATIC AWARENESS
Emotional things are emotionally discerned. Interior things are discerned by interoception. In much the same way that spiritual things are spiritually discerned, emotional things are emotionally discerned. Our emotions exist within our limbic systems. The only way to access our emotions is by practicing the ancient Eastern art of self-awareness. Interoception is accomplished by consciously…
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meditation on steroids
EEG charts measuring brain waves indicate the meditative state of consciousness. Yesterday I finished reading THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. In Chapter 19, there is a section on using electro encephalograms (EEG) for meditation. Meditating helps heal trauma. A EEG machine…
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FINDING FREE CRIMINAL INFORMATION
The Riverside County Superior Court Public Access website is a complete waste of time unless you want to pay $1.00. At this early stage of the Jeffrey Cowan proceedings, you will only find free criminal information on the Riverside County Sheriff Website. After Cowan is sentenced, it will definitely be worth paying $1.00 to obtain…
SUMMARY OF: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk and how it relates to A.A. meetings. Focusing on a shared history of trauma and victimization alleviates the recovering alcoholics searing sense of isolation, but usually at the price of having to deny their individual differences: Members can belong only if they conform…
Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts Cause Alcoholism “Very deep, sometimes quite forgotten, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness. At the time of these occurrences, they may actually have given our emotions violent twists which have since discolored our personalities and altered our lives for the worse.” -12 Steps &…
What causes alcoholism and drug addiction? In trying to understand what causes alcoholism, my Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprogramming (EMDR) therapist recommended that I read The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. My reserve hold e-copy of this extremely popular New York Times bestseller finally became available after six weeks of waiting. This…
The purpose of meditation is to practice the presence of God. Master meditation teacher Joel S. Goldsmith is the link between Buddhism and Christ consciousness. Buddha consciousness and Christ consciousness are one and the same. There is no “God” in Buddhism. The attainment of enlightenment or Buddha mind, is the attainment of the awareness of…