Posts tagged Psychology

Who am I?

I lay awake in bed at almost 3am, feeling exhausted but unable to sleep. Something was bugging me but it was like a vague notion that I couldn't grasp. The feeling that there is something to get to the bottom of is not a stranger to most people; yet because it comes with a sense of confusion and discord, it is easier to drown out the notion with the unceasing chatter of the mind than turn inwards and bust through the years of intricate inner-construction to find the root…

Conscious LivingArtful Alchemy10 February 2019Awareness, Awakening, Consciousness, Psychology, Ego, Self Work, Shadow, Gurdjieff

No One Guru

Once we start subscribing to only one teaching or teacher, we become exclusive. We tend to forget that the message is more important than the messenger. When we pledge allegiance to say, only Buddhism, we dismiss new information and look to this one teaching for all answers. Can you think of any person or teaching, historical or otherwise, that had the answer to absolutely everything?

Conscious LivingArtful Alchemy15 December 2018Gurus, Challenges, Awakening, Consciousness, Spirituality, Lessons, Psychology, Teachings, Plant Medicines, Ayahuasca, DMT, Psilocybin, Teachers, Growth, Life