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Thinking your way out of trouble. (Cont’d from prev.)
I am writing this letter with the intention of, at this stage, no more than informally introducing a nevertheless exciting and – in the right hands and subject to appropriate guidance – readily applied approach in the pursuit of psychological … Continue reading
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Parts of the whole. (continued from previous blog.)
The power to visualize then, is the ability to harness the creative and therapeutic power of the imagination. This we do whenever we employ and further develop such already on-board skills, in order to ‘paint’ or portray a relaxing and … Continue reading
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The Makeup of mind: Perception. (cont’d from previous blog).
Up to this point in time, we have acknowledged how it is that both the corporate and the individual concept of mind rely heavily on memory and language. It is this that makes communication with the self and with others … Continue reading
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Parts of the Whole. (continuation of previous blog0.
So much then for what I have referred to in my most recent posting; i.e. as a ‘potted history’ of relaxation training: progressive or otherwise. Of course – and since my writings published here are based upon my own somewhat … Continue reading
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The Makeup of Mind: Language/Information transmission.
A powerful facilitator of and stimulus to memory is, of course, language and it is via this capacity to assimilate and deploy words that man differs so markedly from other members of the animal kingdom. Indeed, one might – with … Continue reading
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“Touch: simple physical Act or Healing art?” (Cont’d from prev)..)
In recent times, massage has taken on something of an art form for developing and maintaining good health via its capacity to stimulate, invigorate and relax mind and body. Massage stimulates blood circulation, assists with lymphatic (waste) drainage, as well … Continue reading
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The Miracle of Mind (Continued from previous blog).
The miracle of mind then unerringly leads us to reject entirely a perception of it as merely a collection of brain functions as such. Nor on the other hand should it be perceived as some form of assemblage amounting to … Continue reading
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Brawn, Brain, Brilliance.
Now, it is important to make the point here that what has been written above must be kept the proverbial “million miles” away from the utterly mistaken and indeed, at times absurd belief that whatever the nature of disease being … Continue reading
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“Brawn, Brain, Brilliance”.
Now that (hopefully) we possess a more informed and enlightened perception of body and brain, i.e. of their capacity to contribute and combine and of their inextricable interelatedness, we can move on to one of the truly great questions to … Continue reading
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Addendum… to previous blogs.
Over the course of blogs, I have, for very good reason, rather concentrated upon – and in that way I hope, paid tribute to – the manner in which, over millions of years of our evolution as a species, man … Continue reading