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…
The Deep Science Behind the Enneagram
The Enneagram symbol is seen as a model of the underlying patterns that connect our knowledge of psychology, biology, physics, mythology and spirituality. Unlike other theories that show the Enneagram in a static two-dimensional way, this Essential Wholeness will broaden your perspective into an expanding multidimensional model, much like a three-dimensional spiral. With the right mathematics it might be represented as a fractal.
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 […]
Essential Wholeness – A Nine Phase Trans-theoretical Model of Change – Article & Video from Science and Non-Duality Conference 2018
click for more info about introductory experiential workshop Oct 4 by Eric Lyleson, MA Many clinicians in seeking to be effective with their clients have adopted an eclectic or integrated approach to psychotherapy. What seems to be lacking is a trans-theoretical model that can show us very specifically what methods are best to use […]
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 […]
Caution! Meditation is dangerous to your ego!
Stop merely coping! Meditation is like a vaccination that protects you from chronic worry, anger, low moods and stress.
Wild Meditations – New Year 2017 – 18
Wild Meditations – Wilderness Meditation Retreats “The wilderness is healing, a therapy for the soul.”
Mindfulness Meditation – How to do it and why
Do you find yourself getting caught up in a stressful state of mind that makes it hard to enjoy your family, friends and other simple joys of life––a beautiful sunrise, cool winter air on your face, the taste of good food, your child’s recount of their day, the warmth and tenderness of a hug? Do […]
Meditations on Unconditional Happiness by Rick Hanson, author of Buddha’s Brain
Rick Hanson, PhD interviewed by Eric Lyleson Four Levels of Consciousness that Meditation Can Help us Realise Nowness, Wholeness, All-ness and Oneness The Neuroscience of Spiritual Practice In this cutting edge interview psychologist and neuroscientist Rick Hanson discusses what he is currently exploring in his own spiritual practice. He describes how each of us can […]
Buddhism and Essential Wholeness
Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit Essential Wholeness is the sum total of what it is to be a human being. We are human and we are being. Our Essential Wholeness includes body, mind, soul and spirit. What is changing and what is unchanging. What is changing is like an ecosystem. As human animals we are […]