While traveling home from a pilgrimage that hadnʼt renewed him, Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone was lost in thought, when suddenly his horse jerked to a stop. Standing in front of him was a leper. During that instant, an encounter began …
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Learning the Art and Craft of Loving Ourselves During my twenties and thirties, if you had asked me if I loved myself, I would not have really understood the question. Deep inside, I had little idea that I only felt …
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The Need for Developing a New Value System As we grow up, we need guiding principles to help structure the development of our identities and define who we are and how we can fit into the world. For better or …
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The Groundwork for Becoming Self-Reliant As we grow up and develop our ego – an identity – that will help us learn the skills and attitudes that will facilitate our taking a place in society, the necessities of this journey …
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Emotions: The Royal Messengers of the Unconscious The first step in empowering our ego, the center of our conscious life and identity, is understanding that it is our emotions that connect us directly to the vibrancy of life. Unless we are fully …
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Empowering Our Ego: The Ground of Individuation by Bud Harris, Ph.D. Imagine how it would feel…to have the strength to quietly assert yourself…to have the ambition to want to discover new talents and abilities…to find a new sense of confidence, self-respect and self-esteem… and what this could do for your life.