Beware of Positive Thinking
This is part of my book Your Mind as Cure – Autosuggestion for Everyone. The movement of positive thinking (if one may call it that) was popularized by Vincent Norman Peale (1898-1993). Peale was a Christian minister and a prolific writer. The Power of Positive Thinking is his most widely read book. It was first Read the full article…
God is in the Eye of the Believer
Is it not time to stop fighting for nothing and find the door that leads to everything? To believe is to belove (same origin of the word). God is in the eye of the one who is in love with what is right before him ― be it a person, a view, or the universe. Read the full article…
Why the AURELIS app “cannot work against COVID”
Rest assured, there is much more to show that it can. [see: “Free App to Relieve Stress and Symptoms“] Apart from the blunt “This is not possible,” or anything in that vein, I think of these arguments: COVID is a viral disease. Something purely mental cannot work. If this would work, we would already know. Read the full article…
Culture Shock
A plea for cultural meaningfulness. As different as cultures may be, one needs to respect the differences. This doesn’t mean that one needs to respect any infliction of human suffering. If some culture leads to human suffering as part of the culture itself, that needs a good reason. Meaningfulness Nature prefers meaningfulness above suffering. This Read the full article…
How AURELIS Innerly Works
This is mostly about AurelisOnLine sessions, also about coaching. At the core, they work through the level of patterns ― more cloud-like than clock-like. Please go to [see: “How Do AURELIS Sessions Work? (Animated Video)“] What’s in a pattern? A pattern is a meaningful conglomerate of elements, each of these not being easily graspable as Read the full article…
AURELIS Coaching Attitude
An attitude can be dispersed over the population. That may be better than reserving some specific expertise for some particular experts. Coaches will still be needed, but with a different source and aim. What is this attitude? An attitude may sound like it’s simple. It is not. You may read about it in many blogs, Read the full article…
Nobody Wins In Argumentation
So make sure you have a common goal with the necessary depth. In deep dialogue, everyone wins. In this case, the most important thing is to have a common goal. So make sure you have a common goal. A goal is like a mountain. When the other person is on another mountain, and you pull him off Read the full article…
What is ‘Depth’?
An AURELIS coach always reaches for depth in his coaching. There is an ongoing commitment to depth. Superficial – deep We talk about ‘superficial’ versus ‘deep’ attention, or ‘superficial’ versus ‘deep’ meaning, or ‘superficial’ versus ‘deep’ emotions. And of course: in the syllabus, you continually encounter the term ‘the deeper self.’ So what is depth? That Read the full article…
No Power without Compassion
As an AURELIS coach, you may be of profound significance in the lives of others. The others may be very grateful to you for this and that is, of course, the most fun part of the job. The pleasure is not to be despised, and it is also important to you and the coachees who Read the full article…
The Why of Corporate Compassion
Corporate Compassion is not about pity, nor softness. Its effects are as rock-solid as a corporate building if you know how to bring it about. [see: “Compassion, basically“] Empathy in the line of Compassion Basically, Compassion goes deeper, taking into account the importance of mental-neuronal processing in any human endeavor. Thus, it is also broader, Read the full article…
How to Keep the Empathy
The COVID-era has profoundly shaken many people. This has enhanced an upsurge of interest in empathy. However, may this be a passing phenomenon? What can one do to make it more durable? About empathy [see: “Landscape of Empathy”] The term ‘empathy’ – unlike Compassion – does not necessarily relate to depth. [see: “Compassion = Empathy-Beyond“] Read the full article…
Simply COVID
Daily Total Cases worldwide 600.724 223.382.870 Deaths worldwide 9.772 4.608.917 Many more deaths through COVID-related famine, worldwide. The ‘Minding Corona’ reasoning, simply put, in 7 bullet points: Mind = body. There is no influence of something ephemeral upon something material. Change of mind = change of body. Please, wake up to this or stop Read the full article…
Compassion = Empathy-Beyond
The difference, conceptually, mainly denotes the importance of subconceptual mental processing. This is my use of terminology. Please look at it conceptually ― much more interesting. [see: “Conceptual Landscapes”] In any case, the two concepts have fuzzy and overlapping borders. Please also read about this other distinction: [see: “Altruism – Compassion”] Empathy beyond the conceptual, Read the full article…
Revenge = Dissociation
The feeling of revenge needs to be taken seriously in order to transcend it. What has been lost should be restored ― in a different way. Revenge results from the feeling of having lost something. Something has been taken at the meaning level. Revenge is not about the thing itself but the meaning. What one Read the full article…
40. Proving and Using the Mind in COVID
Many COVID deaths may have been preventable with relatively little effort ― many more to come. Meanwhile, we DO have the means for proper research and management. August 27, 2021 Daily Total Cases worldwide 712.601 216.168.904 Deaths worldwide 10.015 4.498.140 The sentiment in large parts of the West The sentiment is lately one of Read the full article…
Are Mental Problems Social Problems?
Psycho-social. There is always an interplay. Looking in-depth, even more so. No issue will be solved by putting one against the other. Meanwhile, individuals need guidance and support as total persons, not as wheels in some clockwork. ‘Mental problems’ For the sake of this text, I categorize as such all issues regarded as psychological or Read the full article…
Concretely
This may not be the most accessible text for some. It’s a short invitation to think abstractly about concreteness ― its importance and possible pitfall in matters of the mind. The general idea of this text in five bullet point We have a natural propensity towards concreteness. “Animals don’t philosophize.’ On the positive side, this Read the full article…