Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
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This blog explores what it means to live life approaching, transitioning, and living in post-personal stages of development; what is often called enlightenment.
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
4d ago
In this video, Ben Tannahill of Drunken Buddha discusses how and why we learn to resist experiencing emotions and how to adjust for that so we can resolve them. Ben is a somatic therapy practitioner ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
4d ago
Regular readers know that I often recommend an effortless meditation. It takes us beyond the mind and into our deeper nature. This is Yoga. It helps the body heal and softens our attachments. We become ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
1w ago
Fundamentally, consciousness structures who we are and everything we experience. The physical world has been built up in layers. There are 7 primary layers (koshas) in this process. And there are 7 primary chakras (energy ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
1w ago
Margaret S. Mahler was a psychiatrist who developed the “separation–individuation theory of child development.” This came to be viewed as the psychological birth of the infant, which takes place over time as a child differentiates ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
2w ago
We all seek to connect with who we really are, and stay connected. That is a place of pure being, of calm, and of balance. This experience is profoundly regulating for our body, mind, and ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
3w ago
Back in the 1950s, Bloom developed a taxonomy of thinking ability for educators and exam writers. They revised it in 2001. It has 6 levels, with a style of thinking (of using the mind and ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
3w ago
Recently, I listened to a workshop discussing Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal Theory. IFS is a psychological model. “Internal Family” is a reference to our system of sub-personalities, what I call the roles we ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
1M ago
During the 1980s, popular psychology promoted the importance of self-esteem. This was both widely promoted and widely mocked as self-absorption. The issue with self-esteem is when it’s measured by our achievements, expectations, and social norms ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
1M ago
A recent discussion on the soul led to some points I may not have shared here. At a very deep level, qualities of the Divine interact to become self-aware and global consciousness emerges as a ..read more
Davidya.ca – Explorations of Life and Enlightenment
1M ago
Anxiety is considered normal in modern western culture. And yet, it’s your body telling you that something is wrong. What is anxiety? Anxiety is an activated state of the nervous system created by a feeling ..read more