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Is heroin addiction a craving for spirituality?
Desire to transcend human conditioning is a very relatable and common experience. When it comes to susceptibility for addiction, not all people are facing a craving to bypass external reality or manage internal experience by using supstances. Many believe that addictions are the result of human weaknesses, but are they really? Those who are prone…...
Is the suffering of people with anorexia spiritual?
When we imagine the process of enlightenment, meditation or mindfulness, we often associate it with leaving the physical realm. Our physical body is an ally, a mediator and participant in this process and the experience of Moksha is associated with the salvation of the soul and liberation of body. In Sāmkhya literature, liberation is commonly…...
Can Understanding Suicide Lead To Suicide Prevention?
Nonviolence is the highest duty. ~Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, chapter 115, verse 1 As Sigmund Freud used to say: “depression is anger turned inwards”. The most fatal outcome of depression is suicide—one of the leading causes of death globally with and 10th leading cause of death in the US. Expressed in numbers, we are able to…...
What are the voices of schizophrenia telling us?
Common sense teaches us about the importance of connection. The more attuned we are to our inner psychological experiences, the better we can understand ourselves and relate to each other. Moon rules our consciousness and gives clarity to our perceptions. When it’s functioning well, it gives an introspective capacity and endurance for emotional fluctuations and…...
Is astrology a clue to Alzheimer’s?
One of the positive “side-effects” of the massive health crisis is a global need for healing. Astrologically speaking, a radical shift towards finding healthier solutions to old problems is governed by planets responsible for major carmic unravelings – nodes of the Moon – Rahu and Ketu. Every time they switch signs, major changes occur in…...
