by Andrew Jasko | Mar 16, 2020 | Psychedelics, Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
This is a caution about the dangers of hyper-spiritualizing and spiritually-bypassing the coronavirus or any other calamity. Viewing COVID-19 primarily as the physical manifestation of a spiritual problem or encouraging magical spiritual solutions without preventative...
by Andrew Jasko | Feb 23, 2020 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Learning how to cope with suffering and evil is perhaps the greatest challenge of life. How can we survive our darkest moments and make some meaning of the mess without trivializing agony or condoning evil? The symbol of Satan is a powerful representation of the...
by Andrew Jasko | Jan 19, 2020 | Psychology, Spirituality
The science-of-consciousness schools of the world (mysticism) have observed that the highest states of human potential can be achieved through loving another person. Universal love is a more vital endeavor than any other kind of progress because love is the lifeblood...
by Andrew Jasko | Dec 4, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
Many of the insecurities and negative relationship patterns we struggle with stem from the degree of security and attention we experienced in our connection to our primary caregivers as infants. This idea is known in psychology as attachment theory. Psychologists view...
by Andrew Jasko | Nov 29, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
I spent most of my life longing to be more spiritual but dreading spiritual practice because I felt like it’s onerous drudgery, agonizingly boring hard work. I never considered myself a particularly disciplined person and felt deeply ashamed as I compared myself to...
by Andrew Jasko | Nov 16, 2019 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
Jesus is the greatest heretic to establishment Christian orthodoxy of all time. Jesus was murdered by the religious establishment of his day because they understood his heretical claim that he is God and so are you. Christianity has downplayed the radical nature of...
