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You will need to be a lover of truth, over a lover of personal comfort to persevere on the path

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.  ~Buddha

Soul Healing

To heal our soul we begin by healing our emotions, and negative ego behaviors. We choose to listen to our heart and feelings, and determine the ways we can become more kind and loving to ourselves and others. When strengthening our character, by increasing our tolerance and compassion for others, we help to develop Emotional Competence, as well as more confidence and Self Esteem. These qualities help us to have a better understanding and interpretation of what is actually happening around us, which increases our accuracy in the discernment of people and events. Negative and destructive emotions that are suppressed and remain hidden, greatly cloud our discernment and obfuscate the interpretation we make about events in our life.

The evolutionary purpose of depressive rumination

The evolutionary purpose of depressive rumination -- Science of the Spirit -- Sott.net:

[...] Depressed people often have severe, complex problems, and rumination is a common feature. Depressed people often believe that their ruminations give them insight into their problems, but clinicians often view depressive rumination as pathological because it is difficult to disrupt and interferes with the ability to concentrate on other things. Abundant evidence indicates that depressive rumination involves the analysis of episode-related problems. Because analysis is time consuming and requires sustained processing, disruption would interfere with problem-solving.

The paper continues:
The analytical rumination (AR) hypothesis proposes that depression is an adaptation that evolved as a response to complex problems and whose function is to minimize disruption of rumination and sustain analysis of complex problems. It accomplishes this by giving episode-related problems priority access to limited processing resources, by reducing the desire to engage in distracting activities (anhedonia), and by producing psychomotor changes that reduce exposure to distracting stimuli. Because processing resources are limited, the inability to concentrate on other things is a tradeoff that must be made to sustain analysis of the triggering problem [...]

In other words, the inability to feel pleasure or enjoyment during depressive episodes may be the brain ridding itself of distractions to focus on solving the problem causing the depression. This challenges the familiar remedy of going out or having fun as an effective approach, as this theory suggests the whole point of depression is to analyze and solve. The research and their sources can all be found in the publication "The Bright Side of Being Blue: Depression as an Adaptation for Analyzing Complex Problems," which can be read for free here.

Interestingly, this theory supports the idea that self-inquiry, if guided and structured, can effectively combat depressive episodes. This common method is referred to as "The Socratic Method." It is a system of questioning based on the teachings of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. In this method, a therapist suggests questions for the patient to ask themselves. This series of circumstantial questioning leads the patient on a path of self-analysis, dissecting their perspectives and allowing them to understand their problems and approach the roots of their depression with clarity. Critical thinking as a cure for depression. Who would have thought?

While depression is indeed complicated, and cases should not be generalized or considered the same, these theories, methods, and results do indicate it is possible that proper therapy may be more effective in treating depression than SSRIs and other mood stabilizers. While medication has been effective in treating some, it rarely acts as a long-term solution, hence the common scenario of stacking medications on top of one another to combat each other's side effects. Additionally, these medications don't actually cure anything. They amount to putting a band-aid on a gaping wound that requires stitches. The problem isn't just the bleeding — the problem is the open wound.

Addressing the roots of depression is far more important than putting the symptoms to rest while allowing the demons that create them to continue plaguing people's minds. It simply puts a haze between the person and the influence of the disorder. An effective method of curing depression is also economically wise, especially since America, as a society, spends around $210 billion a year treating depression — and much of that money flies right into the pockets of pharmaceutical companies. However, there is hope on the horizon, as methods like problem-solving therapy and research into psychedelic treatment are becoming more common. Watch out, Big Pharma.

A Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to 'Leaves of Grass'

In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to 'Leaves of Grass' is Being Revived -- Secret History  ...now comes another rich revelation: The anonymously published tale was nothing less than a complete novel by Walt Whitman.

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Reducing mental and physical stress increases receptivity to creative solutions to resolve problems

Conservation Ethics

Conservation Ethics is the skill of being able to discern the Right Use of Action in proportion to the Resources that are available at any given time. Conservation ethics is about harnessing precious time and life force energies to be more effective and impactful through direct focus and right timing, it is the right use of proceeds and management of forces by listening and working with the natural flow of life. These skills expand and differ slightly as one develops into living harmlessly and applying conservation ethic in the management of personal energies, the management of children and family, the management of group resources, and the management of communities. harmlessness-and-cause-and-effect

For those of us that have soul connection, our spirit wants to evolve and stop the karmic generating process

Harmlessness is another way to say karmic-less, stopping the cause and effect backlash that is generated from harmful actions that feed into destructive patterns and negative energies. When acting harmlessly, one becomes more efficient with energy management and stops their karmic footprint from engaging with and repeating the destructive patterns that play out on the Earth. Practicing harmlessness in every way we can, also helps to stop feeding into destructive patterns with people in our lives...harmlessness-and-cause-and-effect

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