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Self-actualization necessarily precedes liberation: In the spiritual literature it is as if the Integral — where one seeks enlightenment — is the only goal in life and one can attain liberation from any of the stages of life, which is not possible.

Posted on February 17, 2019 by sillymickel

first there is a mountain, that is the Sensory. Then there is no mountain, that is the Recollective-Analytic. Then there is … this is the Symbolic-Existential. And at this stage of the Integral one has gone beyond even that, and … Continue reading →

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“Just give up!”: “…in order to realize and reconnect again with your Self, you must surrender your frantic ‘trying to figure it out.’”

Posted on August 30, 2015 by sillymickel

The Process of Becoming the Real Self: What It’s Really Like: “…in order to realize and reconnect again with your Self, you must surrender your frantic “trying to figure it out.” You must stop believing in the demons that you have … Continue reading →

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“to face the pasts and futures that lie inside them in their every present “

Posted on August 29, 2015 by sillymickel

Often we hear, “The present is the only reality NOW.” “The past and future do not exist; all that exists is NOW.” To which i must say, the trick is that your “presents” are flooded with all the leftovers of … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of Change

Posted on December 14, 2013 by sillymickel

The Beginning of Change by Debbie Condon [This is a review of the book Apocalypse NO: Apocalypse or Earth Rebirth and the Emerging Perinatal Unconscious] Reading Apocalypse No is the answer to all of the questions I’ve had about what … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Experience Is Distorted by One’s Birth Trauma … The Necessary Hero Descends Into the Perinatal Below: How Can You Be Borne Up, If You Won’t Let Go?

Posted on September 2, 2013 by sillymickel

When Everything Appears to Be Conspiring Against You, You Might Want to Stop Fighting Rebirth: Atman Projects Versus Surrender Solutions and a Different Hero’s Journey Apocalypse – No! Chapter Twelve: Atman Projects vs. Surrender Solutions The Necessary Hero and Descent … Continue reading →

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Why There Is Less Violence but More Depression…. And What’s Good About That: Psychology of Generations —The Changing of the Generational Guard

Posted on July 14, 2013 by sillymickel

Consciousness Evolution from the WWII to the Millennial Generations: A Hierarchy of Healing, a Global Healing Crisis, and the Unseen Revolution Wounded Deer and Centaurs, Chapter Fourteen: Psychological History of Today’s Generations and Changing of the Guard Healing Crisis Means … Continue reading →

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Blueprints of Human Nature and Prenatal Personalities … Profound Sculpting of Who We Are Occurs at a Time We Cannot See: Four Earliest Roots of War, Bigotry, Capitalism, and Pollution

Posted on May 25, 2013 by sillymickel

Prenatal Imprints of “Human Nature”: Four Programs of Human Personality Are Written Into Us in the Womb Wounded Deer and Centaurs, Chapter Four: Prenatal Imprints of Our Unnatural Self The Perinatal Pulls of Pollution: Air Pollution and Fetal Oxygen Starvation … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a Collective Shadow and Of Sacrifices—Human, Animal, and Cucumber: Why We Scapegoat … Why We Insist on Saviors

Posted on October 28, 2012 by sillymickel

The Group Mind and The Community’s Inner Dragon: Heroes, Shamans, and Gurus … Ah, But Scapegoats As Well The Community’s Inner Dragon She’d experienced being raped was what she’d told us. This veteran consciousness explorer and trained facilitator had also … Continue reading →

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When All Seems Lost…. You Might Want to Stop Fighting Rebirth: Trusting Higher Forces … Say “Good Night,” John Wayne, and How Can You Be Borne Up If You Won’t Let Go?

Posted on October 20, 2012 by sillymickel

When It Appears the Whole World Has Been Conspiring Against You, You Might Want to Let Yourself Be Blessed: Atman Projects Vs. Surrender Solutions, Part Two Multilevel Feelings Just When You Thought…. However an important element in this movie, “Nothing … Continue reading →

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The Hierarchy of Healing, An Inconvenient Revolution, and Flaunting One’s Sickness Is Healthier Than Hiding It: Wounded Deer and Centaurs

Posted on September 23, 2012 by sillymickel

Healing Crisis Means Needing to Get “Sicker” Before We Can Be “Weller” and Making It When You DON’T Fake It: Centaurs, Wounded Deer, and the Consciousness Revolution, Untold Apocalypse No! Chapter Eleven: Healing Crisis – Getting “Sick” To Be Well … Continue reading →