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Choosing Evolution

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 6 Comments

Choosing Evolution Paul Levy is an author, creator, long-term meditator, and consultant. About 40 years ago he underwent a dramatic spiritual crisis, during which he was taken to be mentally ill and hospitalized. He has since gleaned a deep understanding of spiritual awakening, its twists and turns, and supports individuals in this process through

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Seeds of Democracy: In Search of a Vision

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

“For a seed to achieve its greatest expression it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out, and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” –Cynthia Occelli The USA is a potent seedpod of democracy that has been gestating, preparing for its full birth,

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Resources for Spiritual Emergency: Reboot Your Life in the Pandemic

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

Resources for Spiritual Emergency: Reboot Your Life in the Pandemic Spiritual Emergency can be seen as a crisis in connection–without resources to re-establish connection. Experiencers (we) feel less connection to “all that is”, aka God, the Universe. Our dreams are chaotic and leave us disturbed on waking. We have fears we didn’t used to

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Do you have to be Religious to have a Spiritual Crisis?

Posted on March 17, 2020 by admin

Who Has a Spiritual Crisis? No, you don’t have to be religious to have such a crisis. Yes, some priests and ministers have spiritual crises—nuns, too; but, typically, they have not been taught how to manage it within themselves or within their spiritual communities. What is a Spiritual Crisis? A spiritual crisis can come

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The Shamanic View of Mental Health: A Holistic Approach

Posted on February 25, 2020 by admin 3 Comments

In November 2014, the peak psychology body in the UK, the British Psychological Association, released its new flagship report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. It was a watershed moment in the mainstream treatment of mental illness, containing statements such as this: Hearing voices or feeling paranoid are common experiences which can often

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When Mental Illness Masks A Collective Spiritual Emergency

Posted on February 10, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti Out of the Shadows: When Spiritual Emergency was a Mental Illness I recall driving with my parents past the “Danvers Lunatic Hospital“ that loomed dark and mysterious up on the hill in Danvers, MA. Such institutions where the result

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Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Awakening?

Posted on December 17, 2019 by admin

Ayahuasca: Is It a Viable Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rain forest. It has been used in ceremony by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand consciousness and connect strongly to the wisdom of the natural world. In the last few decades more North Americans and

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritual Psychology of Indigenous Peoples This 7 min video gives voice to the wisdom of a Native American elder, Floyd Red Crow Westerman. He speaks to the changes going on now on our earth. He says we are in a time of evolution…that it is positive. The vid is also a call to honor our

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Is it Psychosis or a Spiritual Emergency?

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

Spiritual Emergency vis a vis Psychosis A “spiritual emergency” is often confused with a psychotic episode. Both are intense. Both can have dramatic ups and downs. One minute a person feels elated and inspired. The next minute they feel triggered and distressed. It can be scary and disorienting. Is it a Binary? People think, “It’s

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Spiritual but not religious? Jesus was too.

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Emma Bragdon

When someone asks you if you’re religious, do you find yourself answering that you’re “spiritual but not religious”? As humans, we have an innate desire to connect with the Divine, but too many of us have chafed under the rules, constrictions, and even distortions that can result when spirituality turns into dogma. When I [Phil

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