MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'enlightenment'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747922&cid=t_288015_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2Fk_138xFszcQ%2F Years ago, my friend Ashish introduced me to Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, which opened my eyes to the common struggle that creative overthinkers like myself face every frickin’ day. I keep a spare copy on my bookshelf for times of creative crisis, when doubt is bombarding our position from all sides, like an extra magazine of ammunition. Because, as Pressfield will tell you, being creative is war and your enemy is malevolent manifestation of resistance that actively seeks to tear you down. In terms of creative endeavor, I’m but an amateur ghost namer and demon hunter; Pressfield has written the canonical book on the subject, as far as I’m concerned. Colleen Wainwright has a spiffy review of the book, if you need more convincing. Pressfield’s recent boo... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747922 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:15:15 +0100 4747922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477978&cid=t_288015_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FSuMGw7sEgQw%2F By now we’ve all been introduced to the benefits of relaxation and the possibility that simple meditation can quite possibly alter our gray matter. Some also say it lowers blood pressure, improves attention span, and boosts our ability to empathize. We don’t need scientific proof to believe in the power of focus and relaxation, so we hunted down some tools to help us get down with our dharma. (After all, who ever said the path to enlightenment doesn’t require a few Amex payable weapons?). From $12.95 to $345, these seven relaxation products have mostly left us with a new appreciation for plain old yoga mats and meditation pillows: Post from: BlissTree Retail Therapy: ... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477978 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:09:12 +0100 4477978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549371&cid=t_288015_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F10%2Fmad-pride-movement-meets-in-toronto%2F I haven’t written a lot about the “mad pride” movement in the world, because frankly I don’t know what to make of it. I’ve lived my entire life seeing people I love devastated by the effects of mental illness, including a good friend who took his own life because of his deep depression. Contrast that with people who have been forcibly medicated, only to find when they stopped the medication, they could get better on their own, and I’m left scratching my head. Of course, these are just two anecdotes out of the millions of stories we live and breathe about mental illness. To me, there is no “right answer” about the One True Path to find enlightenment or to relieve one’s suffering from mental illness. So when I read an article in the Natio... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549371 Mon, 10 May 2010 10:38:27 +0100 3549371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789044&cid=t_288015_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F12%2Fmoving-out-of-emotional-captivity-are-you-the-driver-or-the-driven%2F In his book “Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds,” Victor M. Parachin tells a Japanese tale about how powerful our emotions can be, and how we must manage them, not vice versa. He writes: A Japanese samurai warrior visited a Zen master, seeking answers to questions that had plagued him for some time. “What is it you want to know?” asked the Zen master. “Tell me, sir, do heaven and hell exist?” “Ha!” laughed the Zen master in a contemptuous tone. “What makes you think you could understand such things? You are only an educated, brutish soldier. Don’t waste my time with your ridiculous questions.” The samurai warrior froze in shock. No one spoke to a samurai that way. It meant instant death. Increasing the tension, the Zen master ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789044 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:17:04 +0100 2789044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060726&cid=t_288015_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2Fthe_limits_of_reductionism.php I've previously complained about research that so often is focused on small parts and pieces so small that they mean very little to the average person, or even the practitioner in the field. Worse yet, few authors seem willing to reach beyond the data and advance theoretical knowledge. It is at the level of theory development that research reaches into application and education. There seems to have been few willing to work on a new grand theory of psychology based on the nearly 50 year old previous attempts that integrates the research results since that time. There has been some important new knowledge with broad applicability that may foretell a integration of divergent and contradictory psychological models into a single grand theory. "The so-called "objective" human sciences reduces p... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060726 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:23:28 +0100 4060726