THE AUTOTELIC PERSONALITY

THE AUTOTELIC PERSONALITY

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“This is the real secret of life– to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” — Alan Wilson Watts

The autotelic personality is an individual who generally does things for their own sake,in the “here and now”,rather than for some later goal…Continue Reading…

THE INTUITIVE PERSONALTY

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In a psychological study published in 1968, Malcolm Westcott, outlined his findings on intuitive qualities in his book, “Toward a Contemporary Psychology of Intuition,”…Continue Reading …

“LETTING GO”

“LETTING GO”

I have been interested in the psychology of “letting go” most of my life…I was introduced to it when as a young man I became familiar with Oriental Philosophy…and found it one of the most valuable skills I’ve learned in life…it is primarily concerned with the letting go of many of the unnecessary goals and expectations from our socially conditioned self … we are often unaware because of habit that we really don’t need many of the things and activities in which we spend much of our time…letting go of these habits can be a very liberating experience… Continue Reading….

SURRENDER EXPERIENCE

“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.” ~William Booth

Our subconscious is continually receiving and sending messages…perhaps the most important message coming from the social environment is to achieve a successful role and identity…although it contains misleading ideas and beliefs our subconscious accepts the message without question… unfortunately it then takes on the meaning and purpose of our life, creating a preoccupation with our self image control, although it is inconsistent with life’s spontaneous rhythms…all of which result in a feeling of alienation and being lost in a confusing world…. Continue Reading…

“FOLLOW YOUR BLISS”

“FOLLOW YOUR BLISS”

Joseph Campbell was perhaps the world’s foremost scholar of Mythology. No one was more familiar with the deeper meaning of intuitive “flow” …he studied many cultures with different myths pointing toward the underlying experience of intrinsic bliss.

Bliss is an intuitive feeling and can be easily ignored by our rational mind which is preoccupied with the success of a personal self… Continue Reading…

OUR INNER TREASURE

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” ~ Joseph Campbell

The spiritual poet Rumi wrote, “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”… But what did he mean when he referred to ruin?… Was it our socially conditioned self in a state of ruin?…It is commonly known we need to experience a deep despair about our self as a turning point in the transformation of personality… Continue Reading…

BEING “IN SYNC”

BEING “IN SYNC”

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“Mind meld” is a term used to describe synchronizing our mind with that of someone else, and providing access to their thoughts, memories and emotional state.

Most of us have experienced what it feels like to understand another person in an intuitive way, what is often referred to as “instant rapport” or “clicking” or “being in sync.” It can forge a powerful and sustained interpersonal bond… Continue Reading…

INTUITIVE RHYTHM

It is difficult for us to perceive our life as a rhythmic dance….however our conscious mind is very limited and unable to see all the vast connections between us and the universe… let alone its awesome movement in one flowing dance….but if we look at some of our daily experiences, we get a hint of what lies deeply within…. Continue Reading…

CREATIVE SOLITUDE

CREATIVE SOLITUTE

“A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.” –Lao-Tzu

You’d be hard pressed to find a creative person who isn’t intensely aware of their aloneness, and yet, like anyone else, they live in a relationship. However, instead of a social relationship, they rely upon a deep abiding relationship with an intuitive awareness of their special gifts. There’s a sense of partnership with their subconscious intuition and imagination to do creative work… Continue Reading…

INTUITIVE SOLITUDE

“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.” — Rumi

Solitude is frequently described as a state of loneliness without meaning…however those who are deeply aware of their intuitive feelings tend to experience being alone with a sense of relatedness and harmony both within and outwardly…solitude then becomes an enjoyable activity…but those who identify with their socially conditioned self with its rational thinking tend to separate everything both within and outwardly….they will likely experience being alone with a feeling of separateness and loneliness… Continue Reading…

BEYOND SANITY

BEYOND SANITY

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”. ~Steve Jobs…Continue Reading …

BEYOND PAIN

“If you realize what the real problem is — losing yourself — you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves , we undergo transformation of consciousness.” Joseph Campbell”

Most of us have experienced chronic frustration and pain both psychologically or physically at different periods of our life…and felt trapped without any solution or answer…our rational mind searches for ways to overcome the pain and not only fails in its efforts but also intensifies our preoccupation with the pain…it becomes a vicious circle as Carl Jung has said “resist persist”…Continue Reading…

INTUITIVE “GUT FEELINGS”

INTUITIVE “GUT FEELINGS

We often use the term “gut feelings “, however these feelings don’t originate in the stomach but instead begins in the subconscious mind which sends its messages through the vagus nerve to the stomach or gut….interestingly, half of all our nerve cells are located within the gut and an important factor in our intuitive feelings…the “gut feelings” than travel throughout the nervous system and experienced by the whole body…Our conscious mind’s role is to interpret and translate the meaning of these feelings…the process makes a complete cycle and involves the total organism…Continue reading…

OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe” ~Joseph Campbell

Our subconscious mind produces brain waves which can resonate with the universe.The universe broadcasts at 7.5 Hz, just at the border between Alpha and Theta waves. Through meditation and other relaxation techniques, we can temporarily adapt our brain waves to be on the same frequency as the universe…Continue reading…

CREATIVE BOREDOM

CREATIVE BOREDOM

When we let ourselves experience loneliness and boredom, we come closer to subconscious intuition from which creativity and contentment emerge. It is out of the boredom and emptiness of our conscious awareness that new ideas and peace of mind can be born… unfortunately we often experience boredom as laziness and the failure of an inactive self…Continue reading…

DOING NOTHING

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing” ~Lao Tzu

Doing nothing is paradoxically very difficult to do…our conscious awareness continuously focuses on our self preoccupations…as a result it really doesn’t offer us many opportunities to relax and do nothing… it is only during periods of relaxation and doing nothing that our subconscious intuition is able to express its creative qualities …our subconscious mind, like our heart, is active all the time even when we are sleeping or consciously doing nothing…Continue reading

FLOW IS PLAY

FLOW IS PLAY

“This is the real secret of life– to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” — Alan Wilson Watts

For most people, play is seen as a casual and recreational activity occurring during a period of relaxation from hard work…the American dream is “hard work and follow the rules” offering us the opportunity for a successful life…Continue reading

FLOW IS FUN

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ― Albert Einstein

.Children experience life as fun… Intuitively they are able to find those things that are fun… and They assume that their experience of fun will continue throughout life… Their activities involve play, imagination, curiosity, and creativity, all of which are characteristic of the intuitive mind…Continue reading

FLOW IS IMAGINATION

THE IMAGINATIVE DR.EINSTEIN

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” ~ Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein had an intense love affair with imagination….the home of imagination is within the intuitive mind, and also includes curiosity,and playfulness…all of these innate qualities flow from our subconscious mind…young children naturally experience these feelings and make up a large part of their childhood joys…Continue reading…

THE IMAGINATIVE DR.SEUSS

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss would say that his stories and art were based on a logical insanity. As he explained “I start with a two-headed animal I must never waver from that concept. There must be two hats in the closet, two toothbrushes in the bathroom and two sets of spectacles on the night table.When his stories introduce a logical aspect,it tends to satisfy the rational mind and then permits the reader to enter into the fascinating world of imagination…Continue reading….

FLOW ACTIVITIES

SOUL SURFING

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“Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.”~ Patrick Swayze

Surfing has more high-risk variables than other sports. Breaks change, swell directions alter the shape of the wave, the size of the swell varies and wind direction affects everything. Surfing has more moving parts than and because of that it requires the same laser pinpoint focused concentration to ride a wave as it does to meditate…Read More

TAO OF MOTORCYCLING

Source: Tao of Motorcycles

“Some time ago I was asked why I didn’t go to church. I said I did go to church every day I went out riding my motorcycle.

For many motorcyclists, the ceremony of going for a ride provides the same spiritual sustenance other people find through the ceremonies conducted by organized reli­gions. The similarities are striking. We wear our leathers and riding suits as vest­ments, we have a prescribed ritual for starting our engines, and our favorite roads compose our liturgy… Read More