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Does
Science Lead to Magic or Vice-Versa - by Ramsey Dukes
Subtitled
A challenge to the idea that magic is a primitive forerunner
of science, this is Ramsey Dukes' follow-up to the article
he contributed to the second issue of Nurturing Potential two
years ago, wherein he questioned the notion that Science is the
epitome of down-to-earth realism whereas Magic is the realm of
airy fairy escapist fantasy
Uncle
Albert's Method - by Aaron Davidson
In
the rational emotive way of looking at emotional distress,
anything that triggers habituated thinking and feeling is called
an activating event . . . an insulting remark, a conversation, a
smell, a memory, bad news, good news, the weather . . . anything
at all.
Albert
Ellis, in the 1950s, developed a way of helping people deal with
their irrational beliefs. His approach is called Rational
Emotive Therapy. In this article from Aaron Davidson's
impressive website, Aaron describes how "Uncle"
Albert's method enables you to develop the ability to observe
your own thinking, tracking down the erroneous bits in order to
challenge and dispute them.
All
You Need is Lurve - by Stephen J.M. Bray
A
meeting with his bank manager triggered Stephen's thoughts on
such un-banking-like matters as survival needs and growth needs,
and thence to the conclusion that both are but aspects of love,
which is "the greatest motivator in the universe".
There
is really no battle between survival needs that are
pain-motivated and growth needs that are pleasure-motivated, but
between the conditioned mind and unconditional love.
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