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'Transforming the Mind' is a manual that aims to describe the process of human conditioning and how to achieve an awakening from this imposition. We are born in a body with animal instincts, we carry the baggage of past lives (it seems) and to add to this we develop survival solutions upon the lines of our racial culture, and according to our particular upbringing and experiences.This is a complex and tangled mixture but it is possible to separate out these strands and to find our true identity. In so doing we also discover the reasons why friendships break down, marriages go sour and misunderstandings occur, why life may contain more stress than pleasure and why our purposes in life often become obscured. With this knowledge we can transform our minds - and that is the prerequisite to fundamental change for the better.
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Transforming the Mind by Peter Shepherd
Transforming the Mind by Peter Shepherd
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Transforming the Mind Contents Chapter One: Introduction An evolutionary jump.....................................................................6 What is Transpersonal Psychology?...........................................7 How does Transpersonal Psychology work?............................7 The Insight Project - recovering the Higher Self.....................8 What is required of you?................................................................8
Chapter Two: Background Psychology The evolution of man......................................................................9 Transpersonal Psychology.............................................................10 The child personality ......................................................................16 Parent - Adult - Child .....................................................................18 Sub-personalities..............................................................................19 Man the machine?............................................................................20 Consensus trance .............................................................................21 Defence mechanisms ......................................................................23 Fear - attachment to time...............................................................24 Stress - the cost of fear...................................................................25 Rational thinking .............................................................................26 Combating distortions ....................................................................28 15 types of distorted thinking.......................................................29 Misconceptions ................................................................................33 Rational Emotive Therapy ............................................................35 Inferences...........................................................................................35 Secondary emotional disturbance................................................36 Irrational Beliefs ..............................................................................36 Shame-attacking...............................................................................37 Self-esteem versus Self-acceptance ............................................37 Towards, against and away ...........................................................41 Imprint-types.....................................................................................43 The semantic mind ..........................................................................48 Sexuality ............................................................................................50 Explorations......................................................................................52
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