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5/12/2014 Closing of the officeIt has been such a wonderful experience to practice integrative psychiatry in Berkeley and to have helped care for so many. Thank you to all the wonderful people who became a part of my professional life here.
Best wishes to all in Berkeley. 12/12/2013 Black Dog InstituteThis video, which was recently picked up by the World Health Organization, comes from the Black Dog Institute. They are tremendous organization with content on mental health care and treatments. They are a great resource for fact sheets, mood tracking handouts, and wellness planners. Watch the video below and see the fact sheets here: 10/27/2013 Craze workout booster contains banned stimulant, Harvard study finds - Metro - The Boston GlobeIt’s important to be aware of the safety issues with over the counter products. Many products have issues around adulteration - when a product has another ingredient added that’s not disclosed. This can often be to boost the effect of the claim. This is different from contamination and not always by accident. The lesson is to be cautious of extraordinary claims.
Craze workout booster contains banned stimulant, Harvard study finds - Metro - The Boston Globe A small band of Tibetan monks and a team of translators have been working to bring Western science to the monastic education system in India.
A Bridge Between Western Science and Eastern Faith 9/28/2013 Allowing for SoftnessHuman beings are
soft and supple when alive, stiff and straight when dead. The myriad creatures, the grasses and trees are soft and fragile when alive dry and withered when dead. Therefore, it is said: The rigid person is a disciple of death; The soft, supple, and delicate are lovers of life. An army that is inflexible will not conquer; A tree that is inflexible will snap. The unyielding and might shall be brought low; The soft, supple, and delicate will be set above.
9/21/2013 The Nature of PerceptionThe Science and Nonduality Conference will be on the Nature of Perception. Such an interesting topic this year.
9/14/2013 Creating a Space - the ContainerThirty spokes converge on a single hub,
but it is in the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the cart lies. Clay is molded to make a pot, but it is in the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the clay pot lies. Cut out doors and windows to make a room, but it is in the spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the room lies. Therefore, Benefit may be derived from something, but it is in nothing that we find usefulness.
When we sit still we’re doing two things. First, sitting becomes a container; whatever has happened, we sit still and feel it. The other side of sitting still is the stillness of non-reactivity. We feel all that anger without doing anything to anybody. The feeling becomes our own responsibility. Instead of our attention being directed, as it usually is, to making somebody else treat us differently, the way we want to be treated, we come back to experiencing what is at stake in being treated this way, what the hurt is really all about, and who we think we are that we can be hurt.
8/31/2013 TaoTe ChingUnderstanding others is knowledge,
Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strengh; Contentment is wealth, Forceful conduct is willfulness; Not losing one’s rightful place is to endure, To die but not be forgotten is longevity.
8/24/2013 AcceptanceAcceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of the situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about.
We must accept change, interdependency, and vulnerability as synonymous with human life…. And what is the difference between truly accepting them and just resigning ourselves to their inevitability?…acceptance feels like a starting point, while resignation feels like a stopping point. Acceptance means seeing the facts for what they are and looking forward from there - what needs to be done now? Resignation means looking at the way things are and feeling hopeless - there’s nothing I can do about it….Acceptance puts process ahead of outcomes…Acceptance means accepting risk and uncertainty….
8/17/2013 The JourneyIt is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
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