by Andrew Jasko | Dec 1, 2020 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
How can a person be possessed by the will of another and convinced that will is her own? Possession is a state of consciousness where one’s agency is being used by another entity (person, group, ideology) against one’s own interest. It is a form of psychological and...
by Andrew Jasko | Aug 31, 2020 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
What would it be like to channel all the belief you could muster for a creator of the universe into yourself? What if you could stand in your power and believe in yourself with the same fervency the most hysterical evangelist believes in God? Our turnings to faith and...
by Andrew Jasko | Apr 19, 2019 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
An embodied existence comes with many unpleasant realities and limitations. No one is born wanting to die, get sick, or experience pain. Naturally, many religions envisioned spirituality as a way to transcend the afflictions of the body. They confused the site of...