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Schizophrenia

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Bounce back after tough times

From reading and typing up soul book! May as well see if anyone else clicks with it - you just never know :)

Tiny Buddha adversity

48 of the Best Pema Chödrön Quotes for Difficult Times — Always Well Within

“What we’re talking about is getting to know fear, becoming familiar with fear, looking it right in the eye—not as a way to solve problems, but as a complete undoing of old ways of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and thinking.”

Pema Chodron

All the best!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Looking at self compassion links ...

The Transformative Effects of Mindful Self-Compassion - Mindful

An explosion of research into self-compassion over the last decade has shown its benefits for well-being. Individuals who are more self-compassionate tend to have greater happiness, life satisfaction and motivation, better relationships and physical health, and less anxiety and depression. They also have the resilience needed to cope with stressful life events such as divorce, health crises, and academic failure, and even combat trauma.

Enjoy your day!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Become more resilient -

Resilience refers to how well you can deal with and bounce back from the difficulties of life. It can mean the difference between handling pressure and losing your cool. Resilient people tend to maintain a more positive outlook and cope with stress more effectively.

Whether you're going through a tough time now or you want to be prepared for the next one, here are 10 techniques you can focus on in order to foster your own resilience.

Use These 10 Tips to Improve Your Resilience
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
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More quotes here -

TOP 25 QUOTES BY RACHEL NAOMI REMEN (of 124) | A-Z Quotes

Cheers!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Ways to ask for help -

Angels are Beings of Light who reside in the higher dimensions and who are present in your universe to be of service. You always have access to angels, and with a simple thought, request or plea you will draw them to you. It is according to Divine will that the angels serve and help you in your life.

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Angels can help open the lines of communication between you and another, they can soothe your emotions, protect you physically and spiritually, and they can change the vibrational energy field around you to help you manifest positive experiences in your life.

5 Ways to Ask For Help from the Angels - Ask-Angels.com

All the best!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Life on Earth can sometimes cause us to feel rather alone, especially when it comes to the deep spirituality of our inner beings. This is because we live in a duality where each thing is identified by its separation from all other things. At its most extreme level, this condition causes us to perceive that we are even separated from God. Fortunately, this separation is just an illusion, and angels are there to act as our bridge to the Divine when we forget who we really are.

Comes from this page -

Powerful Angels Are With You - Saratoga Ocean

Cheers!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
From my usb - Recovery from Schizophrenia ...

Not entirely sure what site this comes from - try Google?? -

Abstract: Much needless suffering results from ignorance of the multidimensional nature of the human personality, human psyche or "human nature". Insights on the nature of human nature are revealed by combining Western scientific research with new concepts provided by Eastern psychologies such as Buddhism. These insights can be applied to the study of the healthy healing process involving psychic overload of uncontrollable spiritual growth i.e. spiritual emergency or so-called 'schizophrenia'. Schizophrenia is not a 'mental illness' but an intense transpersonal or "spiritual" experience involving spiritual awakening or "spiritual emergence".

It is a chaotic and uncontrollable self-organizing process which represents positive transformation of the self and has been designated as a psychospiritual crisis or 'spiritual emergency'. The apparent 'craziness' of spiritual emergency reveals the passage into a higher consciousness state required for effective adaptability. The result is so-called 'individuation', 'self-realisation', 'self-actualisation', 'spiritual renewal' or 'rebirth' and represents the affirmation of a life of total well-being or 'high level wellness'. Spiritual emergency is a part of the human condition and involves the 'beyond ego' or 'transpersonal' dimension of human nature. It is therefore a concern of so-called 'depth psychology', also known as 'spiritual psychology' or 'transpersonal psychology'.

Schizophrenia has been described as a nonspecific disease by the psychiatric profession. This supposedly devastating condition was originally named by the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926). Kraepelin believed that the condition involved an irreversible mental deterioration and coined the term 'dementia praecox' - Latin for 'prematurely out of one's mind'. It later became clear that the term was a misnomer and a new term was coined in 1910 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939) who was noted for his kindness and humanity. Bleuler was the teacher of Carl Jung and professor of psychiatry at the University of Zürich where he headed the famous Burghölzli Clinic. Since the condition seemed to involve a mental split between thought and emotion, Bleuler coined the term 'schizophrenia' for 'splitting of the mind'. The term is derived from German 'schizophrenie' from Greek 'skhizein' meaning 'to split' and 'phren' of unknown origin meaning 'heart or mind'. According to Greek etymology, "schizophrenia" actually means 'broken soul' or 'broken heart".

Although there is still no universally accepted definition of the term, it has been applied to many so-called 'mental illnesses' including a set of socially and culturally unacceptable thinking and behaviour patterns which other people greatly dislike thus making it a model of "unwanted conduct". The condition is largely misunderstood as a result of people's fear of the unknown.

It turns out that schizophrenia is not a disease or "mental illness". It is not a hopeless condition but a brilliant one. In fact schizophrenia is a personal 'story' which involves a natural and temporary self-organising transformative process or crisis of transformation, a "psychospiritual crisis" now known as 'spiritual emergency' - the term coined by psychiatrist Stanislav Grof. Spiritual emergency is a self-healing process involving the dissolution and removal of illusions and false beliefs originating in the programming of social conditioning which gives rise to aberrant thought complexes and prevent the person from making accurate evaluations for effective decision-making and appropriate social adaptation.

Enjoy your day!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Not only should you let go of every answer the mind offers up to you, you must learn to let go of even the desire for an answer.

Stop grasping at straws, trying to understand. Make peace with “not knowing.” Feel that delicious sense of mystery. Marinate in it. Forget about an answer. Let the question itself take you out of your mind, and lead you into wide open spaces of wonder, humility and awe.

This is the art of self-inquiry. The purpose of the question is not to arrive at an answer, but to silence the mind.

How To Transcend The Ego Through Self-Inquiry | Zenful Spirit

For a sep thread??

Why the **** not!

:)
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Trap #1: Thinking You’re “Good” and Others Are “Evil”

This belief is deeply rooted in most of us as it’s a typical program taught in all Western religions.

To uproot this belief requires shadow work. You’ll know you’ve undone this limiting belief when you stop judging others and instead see yourself in everyone you meet.

More here -

Spiritual Awakening Signs: 10 Authentic Symptoms + 5 Spiritual Traps

Plus there are links in the text itself!

Cheers!
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Stop being a good person? -

“You’re such a good boy, Daniel.”

“Sarah, that was a nice thing you did. You’re a sweetheart.”

Did you hear phrases like this when you were younger?

If you’re a parent, have you said something similar to your child? This form of praising starts in early childhood. Our parents, family members, and teachers innocently install it in us (as the prior generation did to them).

“Good boy/girl” praising gives children a sense of pride and approval from their parents. This praising gets anchored into the child’s mind.

Good behavior brings reward. Expressing negative emotions and unacceptable behavior (“being bad”) leads to disapproval or punishment.

Why You Should Stop Being a Good Person
 

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Fractal enlightenment awakening -

You have a growing propensity toward breaking mental paradigms, stretching comfort zones and thinking outside of the current box. You have a tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experiences, and you are constantly attempting to recondition any and all preconditions.

You enjoy each moment, relishing, in carpe-diem-ecstasy, your bountiful freedom. It was Rumi who asked, “Why do you stay in prison when the door is wide open?”

Eight Signs You may be Experiencing a Spiritual Awakening

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