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Healing at a Distance?
Healing at a Distance? The other day I had a distance healing. Of what? you might ask. Was it a psychological problem? That’s why we have therapists. Was it a physical problem? We have medically-approved treatments for those, backed by … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anglo-American Philosophy, Australian culture, Australian philosophy, bush walks, Continental philosophy, contradictions in testimony, counterproductive treatments, courtship requirements, distance healing, Down Under, Dr. Mark Bussell, experimental neuropathy treatment, fear of doctors, first love, gifts of love, happy endings, holistic charlatans, holistic treatments, life missteps, life problematic, life review, living in history, mainstream medical protocol, medically approved treatments, mind/body problem, NDE, near death experience, neuropathy, Neuropathy Institute at Loma Linda, neuropathy treatments, overcoming contradictions, pandemic travel restrictions, pandemic-related problems, paranormal phenomena, Parisian atheist, projection syndrome, psychic healing, psycho-somatic problems, psychotherapy, real life contradictions, reasons of the heart, refusing medical treatments, Reiki healing, relationship failures, romantic backbone, romantic courage, romantic expectations, romantic life, self-care, self-image, self-trust, solving a puzzle, theoretical anomalies, toxic relationships, unexpected romantic benefits, unfamiliar territory, unsuitable suitor, Victor and Wendy Zammit Afterlife Report
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Death, Dying, and Heroes
Death, Dying, and Heroes Nowadays it’s not uncommon to hear people say that they’re not afraid of death, just of dying. I think this is heard more frequently than it used to be. The news that consciousness does survive the … Continue reading →
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Tagged a son's recollections, a time to die, academics, afterlife, art of dying, Art of Living, becoming who one is, bereavement, bodily ills, brain death, cancer, courage, death, dying, ebbing natural force, extraordinary people, father and son, father-in-law, father-son relations, fear of death, fear of doctors, going to the light, good storyteller, grace, gratitude to caregivers, heaven and hell, heroes, hospice care, lasting love, Leo Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich, letting go, letting nature take its course, losing power, marital love, natural force, navigating old age, not being fooled, opinion shapers, ordinary people, patience in dying, philosophers, plain speech, retirement facility, reviewers, secular humanists, self-containment, self-renewal, self-restraint, social scientists, storytelling, straight talk, subtle realism, surrender in dying, surviving death, tai chi class, Texas in the 1920s, Texas speech, the humanities, theologians, unembellished speech, walkers, worldly cares
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“Health”
“Health” I have never, never trusted doctors. It is not because my current medical support team is unskillful or uncaring. Of course, earlier white-coated cohorts, still standing out in memory, were deficient by comparison, but that’s not the heart of … Continue reading →
Posted in culture, life and death struggle
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Tagged abuses of power, alternative, biology, broken heart, common cold, dentists, doctors, double-blind trials, Edward Erwin, engineers, fear of doctors, healing, Health, holistic, horses, medicine, paradigms, placebo effect, Rubert Sheldrake, science, sickness, witches
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