clique para Português Carl Jung on Happiness Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. We live in a dual world. There […]
Happiness
In Search of Happiness
Clique para Português In Search of Happiness We all want to be happy. This should be our life’s purpose . I also believe that spirituality (not necessarily joining an established church) and Jungian psychology, my main areas of interest, can help us in this pursuit of happiness. This blog has several articles that I’m […]
Life changes
Para Português Life changes: Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535 -. c 475 BC), a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, is famous for his insistence on change, as indicated by his famous sayings: “There is nothing permanent except change.” “Only change is unchanging.” “You cannot step into the same river twice.” The human being resists change. If you’re […]
Want Happiness?
(Clique para português) Want Happiness? Your thoughts make a difference. A psychological study by Emons and McCullough – Counting Blessings versus Burdens – published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 84, no.2 (2003) divided participants into three groups. Group one was asked to list five things they were grateful for that happened in […]
Little Prince in Search of Happiness
(Clique para português) Little Prince in Search of Happiness We all go through life searching for happiness. Are we looking at the right place? Many think that a new car will bring happiness, a new home, a vacation. What we get, at most, is temporary satisfaction. Nasrudin, who is called a fool or a wise […]
Dalai Lama on Happiness
(Clique para português) Dalai Lama – The purpose of our lives is to be happy We all would like to live a happy life. How? Buddhism suggest that the source of unhappiness is desire. If you desire nothing, you will be happy. The question continues alive. Can we erase desire from our mind? Including the desire […]
Suffering and Religion
(Clique para português) Suffering and Religion My friend Peter goes to mass every Sunday and claims to believe in the Christian dogmas. I discussed this subject with him on several occasions and, although he denied it, my feeling is that he had a very bureaucratic approach to religion. He was going to mass out of […]
Video: Gospel of Thomas Saying 2
(Clique para português) (Click for Video) The second saying of Jesus, recorded in the Gospel of Thomas by Didymo Judas Thomas, one of the twelve disciples, found in Nag Hammadi, preaches: Gospel of Thomas – Saying #2 Jesus says: “The one who seeks should not cease seeking until he finds. And when he finds he will be […]
Video: Satan, our friend?
Clement, one of the first bishops of Rome said that God governs the world with Christ in his right hand and Satan in the left, How come? Is Satan our friend? Using the concepts of Jungian psychology we can answer this question. Video: Satan, our friend? I am Roberto Lima Netto, and I believe […]
Happiness, Spirituality and the Christian Religion – The erosion of the Christian myth.
The erosion of the Christian myth Human beings yearn for happiness. In past centuries, this objective was assured, at least to Western people, by joining a Christian church. After two thousand years dominating the Western minds, the Christian myth is losing its radiance. This should concern us, since every civilization needs a sustaining myth to […]
