An Introduction to Psychosynthesis: the Consciousness Egg

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Many years ago I went through a kind of breakdown and renewal of my consciousness that triggered an awakening. At the time I believed I was going mad, but then I discovered psychosynthesis and it helped me to realise that I was actually waking up. My first glimpse of the Higher Self pulled me back… Continue reading An Introduction to Psychosynthesis: the Consciousness Egg

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Review: Psychosynthesis by Roberto Assagioli

07/08/201715/08/2017 Jessica Davidson1 Comment

This week Zoe is reading Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques by Roberto Assagioli. Psychosynthesis is a practical method for personal growth that helps you to become a more whole person. It was created in 1910 by Roberto Assagioli because he believed psychoanalysis, as it was then, was incomplete. He put together a new… Continue reading Review: Psychosynthesis by Roberto Assagioli

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Glossary: Self

31/07/2017 Jessica Davidson1 Comment

This is one of those words you think you understand, but really never give it much thought. Self can mean many different things depending on the context. When you refer to your ‘self’, you tend to mean something along the lines of the dictionary definition of the word: a person’s essential being that distinguishes them… Continue reading Glossary: Self

Wisdom Quotes

You Are Valuable…

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I have this quote on a post-it note on my desk – a handy reminder of the truth: “Your value doesn’t depend on the ability of other people to see it.”

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Illusory practice, illusory enlightenment…

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“We practice illusory practice in an illusory way, in order to reach illusory enlightenment and deliver all illusory beings from illusory suffering.”

Khyungpo Naljyor, 12th century Tibetan master

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Glossary: Satori

27/06/201719/06/2017 Jessica Davidson2 Comments

Satori is the Japanese term used in Zen Buddhism to refer to awakening and the realisation of the true nature of the self, or Buddha nature. It’s also sometimes called Kensho, where ken means ‘seeing’ and sho means ‘nature’ or ‘essence.’ Kensho is generally understood to be your first experience of realisation and is often… Continue reading Glossary: Satori

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Glossary: What’s in a Word?

20/06/201719/06/2017 Jessica Davidson2 Comments

Words are powerful. With words we can create worlds, bring joy and laughter, share our dreams and innermost thoughts, pass on our knowledge, educate and learn. We can also destroy, confuse and mislead. Words are notoriously slippery. Many creation myths say the world was born from a vibration – a sound or a word. In… Continue reading Glossary: What’s in a Word?