Chanukah – A Deeper Light
The deepest meaning of Chanukah is not that we transform the world by bringing light into the darkness. We transform ourselves by seeing the Light that is within the darkness. Suddenly the world is different.
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Further Reflections on Pain and Suffering
Here’s more on the role of consciousness in the experience of pain and suffering. Dr Elisha Goldstein, in this illuminating extract from an interview on Psychotherapy Networker, describes Jon Kabat-Zinn’s groundbreaking discovery of using Mindfulness to relieve chronic pain. Click her to listen (duration: 1:42)
A paradigm shift in psychology – from ‘talk’ to ‘experience’
“The more we learn about neuroscience, the more we realize that human beings aren’t driven by our ability to analyze and cogitate about our lives… The key word here is experience. In other words, as a growing body of research shows, deep change doesn’t come when clients just talk about their problems; it results from […]
Reflections on Pain and Suffering
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vK95xCyvg&w=560&h=315] Are pain and suffering the same thing? Do they go together? Here’s a helpful perspective…