Free Therapy # 49: Advice to a New Poet
A dear friend of mine is taking a poetry class. And I am happy to report: she has completely caught the innocent disease. Continue Reading
Doug Craig
Free Therapy # 48: How to Become Spiritually Enlightened
“Be big.” Elizabeth Kelly* Let me be clear. I am absolutely not spiritually enlightened. Not even close. I am more like an usher in a theatre where enlightenment happens for the actors on the stage. I get to watch the… Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 47: See What is Real
“I know love is all I need. That’s all I know.” Randy Crowell I’ve had a few experiences in my life that I would describe as “spiritual.” That word – spiritual – is special to me. When I connect with… Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 46: A Spiritual Blaze
“It is love alone that gives worth to all things.” -St. Teresa of Avila Whether we like it or not, we are part human and part divine. The human part is easy to see. It is the dark side, the… Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 45: Everything Teaches but Not Everyone Learns
“Life is this simple: we are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the divine is shining through it all the time. This is not just a nice story or a fable, it is true. ” Thomas Merton… Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 44: Awakening to Our True Nature
Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or… Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 43: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; It is founded on our thoughts, It is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, Happiness follows him, Like a… Continue Reading
Free Therapy Friday # 41: Adrift in the Sea of Life; Man Overboard
When I was about four years old, I got lost. The year was 1960 and the place was Disneyland. I was filled with so much fear I thought it would choke me. Continue Reading
Free Therapy #40: Why Are We Here? Love
As I write these words, I am sitting in the back of my wife’s Prius as we head up 101 from Santa Barbara, feeling a tremendous mixture of emotions after watching my youngest daughter graduate from college. Continue Reading
Free Therapy # 39: Acquiring Mental Peace
To understand the secret to acquiring mental peace, we need to understand the methods our brains employ in keeping it from us. It might seem strange to think our own brain is hard at work to (inadvertently) make or keep… Continue Reading
