Last Thoughts on Openness: A Summary of What I Have Learned

Open­ness is a psy­cho­log­i­cal and spir­i­tu­al move­ment that is at once vul­ner­a­ble and strong. It is not just show­ing emo­tion in the work­place or telling some­one else how bad he or she is. Rather it is the rev­e­la­tion of a per­son­al self in an effort to touch, con­nect with and engage anoth­er per­son. It is… Con­tin­ue read­ing Last Thoughts on Open­ness: A Sum­ma­ry of What I Have Learned

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The Devil’s Triangle

Not the area bound­ed by the tip of Flori­da, Puer­to Rico, and Bermu­da, so called because it is the mys­te­ri­ous grave­yard of ships and planes that have sim­ply van­ished. This one is much clos­er to home. Known as “triangulation” in rela­tion­ships, it hap­pens when two peo­ple talk about a third per­son when he or she… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Devil’s Triangle

What is Self-Knowledge?

It is knowl­edge of my own con­di­tion­ing – lit­er­al­ly under­stand­ing every­thing that pre­vents me from total free­dom; every­thing that is based on fear; ever­thing that is past in me; every­thing that caus­es me to behave in ways that I know at the core are destruc­tive to self and/or oth­ers (destruc­tive to the human spir­it in… Con­tin­ue read­ing What is Self-Knowledge?