The white, educated, middle and upper-middle class now seems to have lost its spiritual ground of caring about the welfare of others. Pursuing the idols of achievement, materialism, money, and security seem to be its new religion.
Author Archives: Dr. Bud Harris
Becoming a Love Warrior Lesson 2: Becoming a Love Warrior Takes a Firm Foundation
Dr. Bud HarrisBecoming a Love Warrior Lesson I: Facing the Truth of Our Reality
Dr. Bud HarrisHealing Alienation is Crucial
Dr. Bud HarrisAs I write this blog post, I realize I am in an interesting place. During the last few years, I have found myself, as a Jungian analyst, deeply involved with people in the suffering, fear, chaos and uncertainty of these …
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Health Care: Isn’t It Time to Quit Being the Cruelest Developed Nation?
Dr. Bud HarrisThis is the story of three generations of my family’s relationship to our healthcare system. These are stories of suffering, struggle, and grief. They molded the lives of my family members. But I’m not telling them as tales of woe. I’m telling them to show the human side, my experience, my family’s experience of the financial costs of healthcare, and the cross these costs crucify us on. And for the first time I’m going to let my inner deplorables—my shadow side, long repressed—speak on the page.
The Real Reasons behind Our Ongoing Mass Shootings…And how to Stop them
Dr. Bud HarrisWhy do so many of us insist we need to have military-grade assault weapons? This question has haunted me for decades, and I am surprised that so few on our national scene have asked it. I also wonder why so …
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What is a Psychological Complex?
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. I think most of us would like to know more about what a complex is, what it does, how we spot it, and then what are …
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Two Paths to Knowing Our Shadows
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from my book Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. There are two primary paths that we can follow in looking for our shadows. The first one is in dreams. Figures who are the same …
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Becoming Whole – The Dream as a Call to Life
Dr. Bud HarrisThe following is an excerpt from Becoming Whole: A Jungian Guide to Individuation. It is on sale April 3-10, 2019, for $8.95 in paperback with a free Kindle version included. As the dream opened, with the force of something coming from …
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Sacred Selfishness Lecture Video
Dr. Bud HarrisI define Sacred Selfishness as valuing ourselves enough to develop into “authentic” human beings who give back vitality and hope to the people around us. It is acquiring what Emerson refers to as “character—a reserved force which acts directly by …
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