I went to a local Best Buy yesterday to have a car radio installed that would play mp3 files. A young lady with spiked hair filled out the paperwork, then told me I could go off and shop or whatever, she would call me when the work was done.
“But,” I told her, “I won’t be [...]
Another response from one of my colleagues, Davis Lukoff:
Nonordinary States of Consciousness in Transpersonal Psychotherapy
William James first explored how nonordinary states of consciousness can be induced and the value that they have for providing access to special knowledge that cannot be gained through ordinary consciousness. Many schools of psychology “adhere to an unnecessarily restricted [...]
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Recently the ITP faculty attended a workshop that emphasized that students feel more comfortable and work more effectively in courses where they understand the instructor’s philosophy of teaching from the beginning, so here, in a nutshell, is mine.
I always thought I was very lucky and blessed to be able to go to college and [...]
I’m coining a word here. Pass it around if you like it.
Neuroglamorizing. Noun. The hyping of ordinary speech by the use of frequent but superfluous terms relating to the brain and brain functioning.
Instead of talking about becoming less fearful, for example, you make it sound like your understanding is much deeper and [...]
For some years now there’s been a stooped, gloomy looking old woman walking past my house once a day. She’s always dressed the same in a way that’s odd by most standards, and she never speaks to anyone.
Without having any real reason, I slowly developed an “instinctive” dislike of her. I say “instinctive” [...]
I’m pleased with the way this blog is developing. You folks are contributing thoughtful ideas and comments, being open, being considerate of one another….who could ask for more?
I haven’t really advertised the existence of this blog to my list yet, I’ve been too busy to get around to it, but I think I will [...]
I just finished writing someone about their hope of getting their book published. Since I do this often, I might as well make the essence of my advice available here.I’m always somewhat saddened when people write me to ask about how to get their book published, because the reality is that it doesn’t [...]