Mark Kahn

Dr John F Demartini – a great man with whom I have spent much time – says, “The master is living in a world of transformation while the masses live in a world of gain and loss.”

I want to talk about this today because it is such an extraordinary statement.

It speaks to the endless suffering in the world which we, the masses, live in most of the time.

His comment that “There is a universal law which says that nothing can manifest without two sides” speaks directly to this issue. We don’t want life to be double sided, we want to separate out the good from the bad, the pleasure from the pain, the gain from the loss and we are obsessed with this, but it is utterly impossible.

An impossible obessession…not a good thing. [Read more…] about Are You Living In A World Of Transformation…Or In A World Of Gain And Loss?

Here’s a quick summary of how some of the major therapies try to help us.

Sigmund Freud said that we are welded to the pleasure principle. We are chasing pleasure and running from pain. He also said that our instinct for sex and aggression were balanced by our conscience which is always trying to control us. Meanwhile, the ego (not in the everyday sense of the word) is trying to manage all of this.

Cognitive behaviour therapy says that our thinking creates our problems. Our fear and anxiety is created by our belief systems, change the beliefs and the problem disappears. Byron Katie says the same thing, but she works with it from a spiritual perspective.

Gestalt therapy says, own your disowned parts and get into the present moment.

Carl Jung says that we need to own our shadow, our dark side, know our archetypes, integrate and we will heal.

Client Centered therapy says that all we need to do is listen really carefully to our clients and this will enable healing to happen. Often it does. [Read more…] about Every Snowflake Is Unique – So Are You!