by Andrew Jasko | Oct 15, 2019 | Religious Trauma, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Spiritual photosynthesis is the process of spiritual enlightenment by gazing at mystical light. Have you ever seen the inner light behind your eyelids? You may notice that certain people appear to have light emanating from their eyes, shining faces, and enlivening...
by Andrew Jasko | Jun 27, 2019 | Religious Trauma, Spirituality, Uncategorized
The religious differences of the world could be resolved with the one true confession of faith: “I don’t know.” I don’t know who I am or the ultimate nature of reality. My spirituality is an open question I’m living into, and I’m avoiding the temptation to need all...
by Andrew Jasko | Apr 17, 2019 | Religious Trauma, Uncategorized
Many religions teach ideologies that psychologically traumatize millions of people. Yet few helping professionals are trained to help people heal from religious trauma. Religious abuse can result in anxiety disorders, PTSD, spiritual suppression, sexual dysfunction,...
by Andrew Jasko | Nov 5, 2018 | Psychology, Religious Trauma, Uncategorized
The Protestant work ethic is the notion that your worth is a function of your hard work: what you produce. This is the mental illness of our time. The idea of hard work put forth in American society is a burden that crushes the broken and disenfranchised and...
by Andrew Jasko | Oct 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Worrying is a powerful tool for self-development and growth. Worry is our heart’s way of getting our attention, telling us it needs to be heard, seen, and loved. If we deny the voice of worry and push it away through spiritual practice – meditation, church, yoga...
by Andrew Jasko | Sep 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Deal with any sense of unsafety in your life. It is hard to grow, love, sometimes even to function if you feel unsafe. Your body focuses its energy and attention on the primary need to SURVIVE. Even if you know the unsafety isn’t real, your body thinks that death is a...