Why Should I Meditate?
One in five of Australians are taking anti-depressant medication, others are drinking too much alcohol, and others are just stressed out. Which might lead us to ask…
Meditation Teachers – How Important are They?
Meditation and mindfulness are how we practice trusting in the peaceful loving freedom of our essential Being, while observing how ridiculous it is to give our power away to the agonizing habits of our ego defences.
Book Review from Australia and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy
Book Review from Australia and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Essential Wholeness: Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening and the Enneagram, Eric Lyleson, Balboa Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2015 ISBN 978‐1‐4525‐2820‐5, PB, 408 pages Yvonne McDonell Essential Wholeness by Eric Lyleson uses an extensive range of philosophy, psychology and spirituality to describe us as people and to broaden our role as therapists. We […]
Compassion
Mindfulness and compassion lead us to greater awareness of the nature of our suffering. We can become aware of aches and tensions on the body, disturbing, anxious thoughts, relating to painful events of the past or feared events of the future, that distract us from experiencing the fullness of the present moment. Meditation techniques serve as a vehicle to carry us through these difficulties on the path to experiencing our wholeness. Through the practice of meditation we can redirect the energy invested in automatic coping mechanisms into self-supporting processes of learning, evolution and resting in our essential wholeness.
Enlightenment is our Natural way of Being
Meditation is learning to rest in your true nature
The Enneagram and the Lazy Approach to Enlightenment
Be lazy like a mountain by Eric Lyleson, author of Essential Wholeness, Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening and the Enneagram Understanding the Enneagram of Essential Wholeness will not help us achieve awakening or enlightenment. Instead it will helps us see how we unconsciously unenlighten ourselves through the maintenance of our ego fixations that obscure our enlightened […]
Enneagram – Personality, Resistance to Change and Realising Potential
The Enneagram commonly known as a system of nine personality types, can be used as a nine- phase model of living Systems, including humans evolve and grow. It shows we evolve from one level of homeostasis to a higher and more complex level of organisation and homeostasis. NINE represents homeostasis and the process moves around […]
Buddhist Psychologists Rick Hanson, Stephen Gilligan and Richard Chambers
Buddhist Psychologists Rick Hanson, Stephen Gilligan and Richard Chambers’ thoughts about Essential Wholeness, Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening and the Enneagram Both profound and practical, this book integrates cutting edge neuroscience, esoteric wisdom, a heartfelt appreciation of the natural world, and powerfully effective psychological methods. It’s genuinely brilliant. ‘Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha’s Brain: The […]
Wild Mediations – Dark Canyons
This is one of the most beautiful canyons in Australia, but unlike some canyons it is accessible to most people. There will be time to really open to the beauty and the majesty of this place. You will be left with a sense of awe and gratitude for the blessings Nature can bestow on us.
Enneagram Guide to the Hero’s Journey
Transformational Questions for Guiding a Heroic Journey