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The Great Recession: Catalyst for Psychological Growth
May 9, 2011 by Craig · Leave a Comment
In light of last month’s tragedy in Japan, I addressed natural disasters in the first installment of this tw0 part article that searches for deeper meaning behind global catastrophe. Here, I continue to explore the positive side of tragedy by shedding light on our recent wake-up call now known to many as the Great Recession.
Economics is the longest [...]
Behind Annual Catastrophe: A Push to Elevate Values?
April 12, 2011 by Craig · Leave a Comment
As our hearts ache watching the images of Japan’s Eastern Shores and our anger stirred by another nature-spawned catastrophe worsened by human imperfection, many of us pray for those affected by the tsunami and radiation fall-out in the Pacific.
In this two part article, I will discuss global crises within a larger discussion about humanity’s need to [...]
The Promise of our Global Reality
March 22, 2011 by Craig · Leave a Comment
For good and bad, the family with which we must now identify is the global one. Few communities operate in isolation in a world interlinked by technology, trade, and politics. Some would argue that globalization, as was chronicled in Part I of this series, has so far primarily served just the powerfulmultinational corporations. As national [...]
The Corporation, Globalization and their Pathologies and Potential
March 22, 2011 by Craig · Leave a Comment
As we emerge from a long and deep economic and psychological blow to the American foundation, we find ourselves dusting off clothes, patching wounds, and clearing rubble. The quake felt first in the board rooms of select but behemoth companies, spread in tsunami-like fashion around the globe. This left much of the world awaiting U.S. [...]
2012: It’s Significance and Misconceptions
December 19, 2009 by Craig · 2 Comments
Much has been said and written about the 2012 marker and many wait with anticipation. In my book, I devote a chapter to the metaphysical changes associated with our current and alleged transition from an old way of being into our successor. Most of these changes have their greatest impact during the 25 year time [...]
Intention: Why Such A Buzzword?
October 28, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
From Dyer to Walsch, to Hicks, to McTaggert, a growing number of popular writers and teachings are focusing on the importance of intention. Here I explore the metaphysics of intention today, its potential as a spiritual practice for individuals across belief systems, and help orient its relationship with responsibility and real-life experience.
As folks attuned to [...]
A Truly Integral Neoperennial Philosophy (Liberation, Part III)
October 28, 2009 by Craig · 5 Comments
Here, I’ll respond first to thoughtful remarks about oversimplification and stereotypes of traditions. Remember, I’ve said that many different versions of the older perspectives have existed. I’ll provide two quick examples. Arguably, Mahayana Buddhism surfaced long ago to partly counter the notion that liberation was only achieved away from this reality. Those of this tradition [...]
Liberation, Part II
October 28, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
Now that modernity is essentially dead and “orthodox” or popular interpretations of Western religion are increasingly recognized as limiting, it’s time to examine goals of liberation across some of the emerging paradigms of the West.
New science is giving way to a variety of assumptions and theories that have emerged from quantum mechanics and physics: inner-subjective [...]
Liberation, Part I
October 16, 2009 by Craig · 2 Comments
The idea of spiritual or human liberation is a good indicator to show how followers of certain perspectives aim to live on this planet. Let us first take a gander through some traditional views. Please note that these are very general interpretations; significant variability exists within such views.
Orthodox Christians have tended to seek liberation—or more [...]
New Needs and Opportunities for Physio-Psycho-Spiritual Integration
October 2, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
While the field of psychology is still relatively young (in the big scheme of things), the species is gaining traction with means of “knowing thyself.” Personality inventories alone, both young (e.g., Jungian, Myers-Briggs, spiral dynamics, the Michael system, etc.) and old (numerology, astrology, the enneagram, the Rays, etc.) offer individuals a body of knowledge that [...]
