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How do you know? How do you know what goes on in the minds of literally millions of people? Isn't that the ultimate in presumption and arrogance?

I've been wishing since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that our government would read spiral dynamics. Never heard that story about Maslow before, that is really interesting. I'll bet my friends at the University would love to read that story! By the way, I also consistently test...

Completely agree about behavior, since that is really the main focus of psychology, and I spent quite a bit of time during my undergrad years on motivation, so I can see how that would be a compelling line of inquiry. I never understood how Dr. Graves work on spiral dynamics seemed to be...

How do you see this happening?

That is helpful to know, thank you for sharing that. I like the MBTI, though admittedly it is a poor predictor of behavior, (Which my doctoral candidate daughter likes to keep telling me) but in my experience it is an excellent tool for conflict management. In the field of psychology...

I'm with ACOT on this one, it sounds like you two guys are not having the same conversation.

Hi Radar, Are you familiar with bicameralism? I think its perspective sheds an interesting light into how early religious thought might have been formed. Of course I don't think this is the only influence, but it is a compelling line of inquiry.

According to Janz, Parker Colorado seems to be okay.

you might just be able to contribute far more than you realize GK ;)

Indeed, it seems that we need each other to progress. Even monastics benefit from relationships with others on their path. The fact that the Sanga is one of the three precious gems says a lot. It is interesting to see what kinds of models of personality and ego are used by different traditions...

So then if we are all in the same boat, so to speak, why the need for the label?

So do we have the label of "sinner" because all of us are capable of doing wrong and even deeper, harbor the capacity to do wrong based on our thinking? If this is not the case, why are we all sinners?

Thomas, If it weren't for the distance that using an online format entails, I would share with you more about my own journey through religion and eventual therapy, as I think self-disclosure would more precisely convey my thoughts and feelings. I have a never ending admiration and often stand in...

Thomas, Well, I wouldn't universalize it like that, it wouldn't be correct to conclude that therapy is always a prerequisite, it is a tool to be used when the situation calls for it. As a matter of fact, I feel it is critical to include spirituality in the counseling process depending on the...

Thomas, I think perhaps we both are painting with too big a brush. You must understand that I am not unsympathetic to your views, and I think our past conversations would bear that out, but I think we have vastly different views of psychology. The psychologist Jack Engler one said that...

Inner work here means facing the shadow side of our selves, the part of us that we often tend to disconnect from. I am talking specifically about facing the things about ourselves we would rather disown, or worse, place upon others. It really is a given that to do this kind of work without a...

I understand the sentiment, though I have no data that validates it. It has been my experience that most people eschew honest introspection and balk at having to do the deep inner work necessary for spiritual and psychological well-being. Having said that however, I can also understand why the...

No replication, no peer-review, no credible references, introducing philosophy in lieu of evidence based arguments and a simplistic understanding of Cambrian diversity.

Here we go again

Radar, I've always liked to believe that Christ meant something a little more expansive than one person, one way kind of thing. I find it difficult to articulate but I think there is a way in which the human species transcends, a continuation of Maslow's hierarchy if you will in which the human...