WDDTY reports on research that shows that Omega-3 fish oil supplements can reverse chronic debilitating depression, and that they are as effective as a powerful antidepressant drug. The benefits of Omega-3 are also featured in the fascinating book Omega Six: The Devil’s Fat, by Robert Brown. See the Books 4 U page for details and [...]
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Omega-3
Posted in Health, Mind, tagged depression, Omega 3 on July 1, 2010 | Comments Off
All Change
Posted in Health, Mind, tagged change, trauma on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Change is one of those things we sometimes notice and often don’t, and some say that the only constant thing in this universe is change. One interesting phenomena of enforced and unwanted change, is that it can lead to a kind of stuckness, an artificial state of no change. For instance, an accident of falling [...]
Attention Please
Posted in Mind, tagged attention, cognitive psychology, memory, perception on June 17, 2010 | Comments Off
As you read this blog, your attention is on your computer screen using your visual sense to perceive it and your memory to decode the messages in these words. What attracted you to it in the first place I wonder? We become so fluent in these 3 processes – attention, perception and memory – after [...]
Return Of The King
Posted in Mind, Spirit, tagged ego, enlightenment, transcendence, zen mind on June 10, 2010 | Comments Off
There is a lot of mis-information in so-called spiritual and religious circles concerning our ego-mind. This is probably partly due to the simple mis-translation of ancient languages into modern ones, as well as the fact that just because a teaching is ancient, doesn’t make it correct. Historical Context When we look at the sources of [...]
Needs & Wants
Posted in Health, Mind, tagged needs, needs and wants, wants on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We all grow up in a culture which tries to define what we need at what we want. And the confusion between these two very similar impulses can haunt us for most of our lives. If you imagine for a moment being raised in a 12th century medieval European village, then your perceived needs and [...]
Language Patterns
Posted in Mind, tagged conversational hypnosis, hypnotic language, language patterns, NLP on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You may be surprised to hear how common hypnotic language patterns are. What is an hypnotic language pattern? Well it is simply a way of framing concepts in words, in a way which is intend to lead the listeners thinking and feelings in a desired direction. You may find that suggestion amazing, and my next [...]
It isn’t always easy to put ourselves in the shoes of our ancestors, the hunter gatherers who roamed the earth before the advent of agricultural settlements and city states. Imagine for a moment what it must have been like to be an integral part of the environment, perhaps with no concept of separation between nature [...]
Anchors
Posted in Mind, tagged anchors, NLP on May 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
For many of us the image which is conjured up when we hear the word anchor, is the large metal thing which boats use to help stabilise them, and maintain their position. in the fascinating world of NLP (Neuro Linguini Programming), anchors have a very similar meaning only this time it relates to our mental, [...]
Hypnotic Trances
Posted in Mind, tagged conversational hypnosis, hypnosis, hypnotic trance on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hypnotic trances are very natural mental states, and it is possible for most of us to experience them. As for understanding what they are, it is useful to consider first of all what they are not. The stereo-typical view of hypnotic trances is that of someone lying on a couch in a deep sleep, with [...]
Parallel Worlds
Posted in General, Mind, tagged parallel universe on May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was watching a TV program last night on parallel universes, and it was is many ways quite fascinating. Apparently, there are potentially an infinite number of these, depending on which theory you chose to follow. There may even be one identical to this one, or ones with slight variations on what we experience here. [...]


