NAMI on Spiritual Emergency
NAMI was founded in 1977. They offer support groups and education for free to all touched by mental health issues. Currently one in five people in the USA suffer from a mental health issue–NAMI
Signs of Progress in Meditation
Meditation: Signs of Progress The true signs of progress in meditation are the following: An increasing peacefulness during meditation. A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation metamorphosing into increasing bliss. A deepening of one’s
Perspectives on Death and Loss
Perspectives on Death and Loss Excerpts from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda Though the ordinary man looks upon death with dread and sadness, those who have gone before know it as a wondrous experience
Anoop Kumar, MD, on His Out of Body Experience
Dr. Anoop Kumar on Out of Body Experience Highly Recommended: an interview with an Indian medical doctor who speaks about his own Out of Body Experience, Astral Projection, Out of Body and Astral
Moral Injury and Spiritual Emergency
Moral Injury and Spiritual Emergency by Emma Bragdon, PhD Joshua Mantz, (above), fresh out of West Point Academy, was a second lieutenant in the army deployed in 2006 to a dangerous zone in Baghdad, Iraq,
Valid Challenges to the DSM
Valid Challenges to the DSM The following recent report and manuals encourages us to reflect more deeply on problems within the mental healthcare system and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)—They profile
New Book: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs. 1st Edition by Mark Horowitz, and David M. Taylor … “with the express purpose of limiting the damage that we have seen far too many people
Gross Misconduct — The Final Nail in the Coffin for Antidepressants
Antidepressants-Updated Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola, First published: January 30, 2024 STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study published in 2006 was the largest and longest-running antidepressant effectiveness trial ever conducted
Spiritual Bypassing
Spiritual Bypassing Defined The term, spiritual bypassing, was made popular in the 1980’s by the late John Welwood, PhD, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist who observed the phenomenon in his own spiritual community. Sometimes life
Teaching Mindfulness to Youth
Mission Be — Teaching Children Mindfulness Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Originally published Dec. 24, 2023 and now archived on https://takecontrol.substack.com/ —————————– STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mission Be, a nonprofit organization that brings mindfulness into schools, was founded