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Tag Archives: Emotions
The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Consumerism, Education, Emotions, environment, Extinction, fear, Health, pharmaceutical industry, psychology, Socialization, Sustainability, Violence, war
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Embodied Spirituality: The Truth Shall Set You Free
By Jack Adam Weber Source: Collective Evolution For myself, spirituality means aligning with what is true, or most likely true. This means looking at what is true through the lens of my unique experience and self-reflection (subjectively) and what is … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Awareness, Big Pharma, Consciousness, Critical Thinking, Denial, Emotions, environment, False Beliefs, fear, Health, Honesty, objective truth, Philosophy, psychology, Resilience, Rumi, science, spirituality, subjective truth, Truth
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SHAME: How To Beat The Two-System Blame Game That Takes Us Down & Keeps Us Stuck
By Jack Adam Weber Source: Collective Evolution Shame is different from guilt, because guilt is to feel badly about something we have done; shame is to feel badly about who we are. We might develop shame because we have been … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, conditioning, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, fear, Guilt, Health, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, Self-Care, Self-image, Shame, society, Sociology
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Why Fear and Self-hatred Destroy Human Sharing and Solidarity
By Robert J. Burrowes As our world spirals deeper into an abyss from which it is becoming increasingly difficult to extricate ourselves, some very prominent activists have lamented the lack of human solidarity in the face of the ongoing genocide … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged 1%, Burma, economic inequality, elites, Emotions, fear, greed, Hatred, military spending, Philosophy, psychology, Rohingya, Self-hatred, Selfishness, Sharing, society, Solidarity, Suffering, Violence, Wealth Gap
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‘Violence Against Women: Why the UN Secretary-General Got it Wrong’
By Robert J. Burrowes In his remarks on the recent International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – see ‘Violence Against Women is Fundamentally About Power’ – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres inadvertantly demonstrated why well-meaning efforts being … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Behavioral Psychology, Childhood Development, culture, Deep Listening, Domestic Violence, Emotions, Flame Tree Project, Non-Violence, psychology, Punishment, society, Sociology, Violence
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An Open Letter to People with ‘Mental Health’ Issues
Robert J. Burrowes As ‘mental health’ issues gain more attention, sympathetic and otherwise, in a wide variety of contexts and countries around the world, the opportunity for inaccurate perceptions of what causes these issues, and how to treat them, are … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology
Tagged Anger, Consciousness, culture, depression, Diet, Emotions, fear, Health, Memory, Mental Health, OCD, psychology, PTSD, society, Trauma, Violence
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Sensate Immersion and the Empathic Core
By rahkyt Source: Sacred Space in Time I’ve experienced enough life, seen enough movies and read enough books to know that not everybody lives the same form of consciousness. That we are walking around, talking to and interacting with people … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, Emotions, empathy, Feelings, intelligence, neurodiversity, psychology
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Seeking the True Path
Robert J. Burrowes One of the more subtle manifestations of the intimate link between (unconscious) human emotions and behaviour is illustrated by the simple concept of choice and how this is so often reduced to a dichotomy between two bad … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Anger, Child Development, conditioning, Conformity, Consciousness, culture, Education, Emotions, fear, lesser-of-two-evils, Persuasion, Self-will, Socialization, society, Violence, Why Violence?
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