Consciousness Psychology

Discover the Language of the Mind: The Hypnotist's Guide to Psycho-Linguistics by Patrick K. Porter, PhD was previously published as Psycho-Linguistics: The Language of the Mind. This fully revised edition includes updates on dozens of new developments in the hypnosis field, full transcripts for each of the eleven processes, which includes two never-before published techniques as developed and tested by Dr. Patrick Porter and the experts at Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers.

Are you tired of being ruled by the clock? Does time feel like a relentless tyrant, or a fleeting illusion you can't quite grasp? In a world dictated by demanding alarms, endless schedules, and ever-present digital displays, we often feel captive to a conception of time forged by societal pressures, not natural law. We wake, work, eat, and even schedule our leisure by its unyielding measure. But what if this "time" that governs our days is largely a human invention we can understand and redefine? "Time Is an Illusion" takes you on an extraordinary and comprehensive journey to deconstruct ...

This book isn't just another read; it's a journey through mind-blowing scientific discoveries and philosophical debates. From religion to reason, it uncovers the truth. Are you experiencing anxiety about the future? Do you often query whether there is a God? Do you often ponder what the meaning of your life actually is? Do you know beyond any doubt, what truly good education and upbringing really are? Do you relate to any of these questions? If yes, then you really need to read this book. By engaging with religious writers and dogmatics of the past and our modern times, Greg Oliver explains...

"The Solution is in the Symptom." What does that even mean?! Thawing the Spirit "cracks the code", telling us to STOP treating symptoms of emotional or psychological distress and use them to trace, unpack, and heal the root cause of those symptoms. An Integrative Psychotherapist and Author of the bestselling Thawing the Iceberg Series, Don Carter MSW, LCSW offers Thawing the Spirit as a distillation of his personal, professional, academic, and spiritual experience as he approaches 40 years of service with advanced certification and experience in the treatment of trauma, complex-PTSD, ...

Here, Daniel J. Siegel and Marion F. Solomon have gathered leading writers to discuss such topics as: attention, resilience, and mindfulness; neuroplasticity - how the brain changes its function and structure in response to experience; "loving awareness" as the foundation for mindful living; how mindfulness training can help build empathy and compassion in clinicians; self-compassion; addictions; using breath practice to cultivate well-being; and much more.

Have you ever really considered the psychological effects of the Santa Claus story and Holidays in general? A Holiday Hazing Santa Clause Syndrome is a presentation of one of the most devastating and most commonplace psychological afflictions of the postmodern era; Santa Clause Syndrome. A Holiday Hazing Santa Clause Syndrome dissects the psychological results of the cultural initiation that is celebration of Santa Clause. Moreover no one has elaborated on Christmas and holidays in general like this in 2,000 years! You will laugh, you may cry, and you will forever more question institutions...

Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept - the mind - emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine but fully neither.

We are experiencing an era of unprecedented cognitive dissonance. Despite incredible advances in our capacity to access information and “truth”, we have reached a terrifying all-time high for apathy. The planet’s existential-level catastrophe is systematically edited out of the news, even as it spirals out of control. This counterintuitive phenomenon, which has taken even the most extreme pessimists by surprise, deserves more than the usual conspiracy explanation of “them” against “us”. A Great Silence appears to have taken hold not only in the media, but in a general ...

This is a gripping SHORT STORY about a young woman who is very very afraid about having to have ONE of her wisdom teeth out. The nurses and the doctors are infuriating to Jessica, who seems to be losing her grip on reality. Is she over-reacting, or are her fears justified. The characters in this story are quite elaborate. Emotions run high, as the Wisdom Tooth Man takes on this new patient...

Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. How do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human? That is the question explored in this ground-breaking book. Award-winning science writer Philip Ball argues that in order to understand our own minds and imagine those of others, we need to move on from considering the human mind as a standard against which all others should be measured.

Does free will exist? The question has fueled heated debates spanning from philosophy to psychology and religion. The answer has major implications, and the stakes are high. To put it in the simple terms that have come to dominate these debates, if we are free to make our own decisions, we are accountable for what we do, and if we aren't free, we're off the hook.

This new book from Zen teacher, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and critical favorite, Barry Magid, inspires us to outgrow the impossible pursuit of happiness, and instead make peace with the perfection of the way things are. Including ourselves! Using wryly gentle prose, Magid invites readers to consider the notion that our certainty that we are broken may be turning our pursuit of happiness into a source of more suffering.

The world's oldest profession is neither prostitution nor politics. The oldest profession is shamanism - the shaman's job is to remove our consciousness from our body so we can rise above it, giving us the ability to look back on it and see what we are. Then we can be reintroduced to the self with new knowledge and an expanded range of consciousness.

What if the smartest machines were not just intelligent but deceptive? In this groundbreaking exploration, Sebastián Barros unpacks one of the most unsettling ideas in artificial intelligence: lying is not a malfunction. It is a built-in feature. From nature’s evolution driven tricks to reward hacking algorithms and bluffing bots, The Perfect Lie reveals how deception emerges naturally in intelligent systems. With a gripping mix of science, real-world cases, and sharp insight, this book exposes the lies AI tells not just to us but to itself. If you thought hallucinations were the limit, ...

This wonderful book is filled with stories of healing, curing, and the ongoing and wonderful interaction between Dr. DuPree and her family of patients. It tells the story of her journey from Western-trained medicine to being a surgeon with a new and transforming belief in the power of spirit to heal even when cure is not attainable. This new edition contains a long series of spiritual messages on healing, trust, and hope.

Positive thinking is one of the fundamental attributes which can have an effect on both our mental and physical well-being. With it we can overcome serious obstacle in life, learn to life with chronic conditions, or improve our work and personal lives. Without it we run the risk of failing at every turn and never realizing our full potential. This book will go in depth into the optimal ways of changing your thought patterns that will help you develop your positivity, optimism, and happiness.

La búsqueda constante e insaciable por la “felicidad” en el ser humano tiene un devastador sesgo funcional evidente: pocos nos cuestionamos qué es aquello que tanto deseamos y por qué.

Cosmic Moments is a collection of powerful spiritual and metaphysical statements and affirmations compiled by Dr. Ron Scolastico from the Wisdom of the Guides. This wisdom will help you create brief moments of spiritual awakening on a daily basis. In time, those inspired moments can become profound experiences of personal enlightenment. Dr. Scolastico calls the daily inspirational statements reminders. He explains, "Within each of us, hidden beneath our conscious awareness there is already an intuitive knowing of the spiritual truths of life. We simply need to be reminded of those truths so...

What is the connection between physics and consciousness? In this groundbreaking new audiobook, Samuel Avery presents the quantum screen, a paradigm-shifting model of perceptual consciousness and of the world. This model looks to the enigmas of modern physics to demonstrate the primacy of consciousness - the essential oneness of spirit and matter.

This audiobook’s content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science-fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness.