Seamus Thinks seamus oconnor

These two words describe what may actually be two aspects of the same Life-Force. We look at how Spirituality differs from something that is often confused with it, Religion. 

The talk also looks at several self-limiting ideas that prevent many from discovering and living a life " from the inside out" versus the rather toxic idea of deciding what to do and dragging the living organism along that agenda for which it has neither the talent or the passion.

Love is more than a feeling. In this cast Seamus talks about some of the aspects of love as a transformative practice.

The psychotherapist tells about his attempts to "get his mind" around the idea that some conditions may best be treated by a "spiritual" remedy.

He describes: 

His education in subjects he assumed he understood: the difference between religion and spirituality; the ancient wisdoms of the Greek and Roman philosophers; and the discoveries of Prince Siddhartha, of which he had been abysmally ignorant.

How these wisdoms are so much more compatible with today's scientific understanding of life and energy in the Cosmos than his previous - rather superficial - approach.

In this episode I look at time-tested ways of dealing with many common fears - whether we are calling them dreads, anxieties, worries, concerns, or insecurities. I look at how these are limiting our lives and undermining our good times. Overcoming these destructive and self-defeating tendencies is something humans have been pondering for thousands of years - leaving us their wisdoms.

Sometimes we are unaware of the degree to which our narrative - how we are describing things - is affecting our mood/feelings. We can become aware that often our catastrophizing descriptions are coloring our reactions and change them. Pain is inevitable; Suffering (my protest at having pain) is optional. 

We're not corks bobbing up and down on the waves of life. The important connection between how we are describing situations and our resultant feeling/moods.