Teachings

<< STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION – MIND THE GAP >> For a long time I have been informed and inspired by many great spiritual teachings. I have read and studied a huge amount, and even interacted with a few teachers. There are of course many teachings (and teachers) out there, and the quality varies a lot. … Read more

Michael Jackson – the reincarnation of Mozart?

In a book written in the 1970s, it was stated matter-of-factly that the young pop star Michael Jackson was the reincarnation of the musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. And it now seems that MJ himself may have believed this to be the case. Could it be true? If so, then it appears that this soul … Read more

The Michael Teachings

Back in 1979, novelist Chelsea Quinn Yarbro published a little book containing a whole new way of understanding personality and spirituality. This new body of knowledge wasn’t hers, however. In fact, it had been received over several years from a mysterious entity known only as ‘Michael’. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro‘s book, called Messages from Michael, compiled … Read more

Articles

This is a jumping-off point for my articles on all the stuff I’ve learned (and am learning) in relation to the question “Who am I?” – information, knowledge, wisdom and experience that I have found to be valid and useful. Personality I have been interested in personality for as long as I can remember. What … Read more

GOAL: the driving force of the personality

THE GOAL is one of the key character traits chosen by the soul, before birth, for the life to come. It is the underlying motivation which drives the personality through life. What is the goal? Every personality has a goal in life. I don’t mean specifics like having lots of money or climbing Everest. Rather, … Read more

The Hierarchy of Human Needs: Maslow’s Model of Motivation

Beginnings: Psychology without a soul Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the dominant throries in psychology had been the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud and the behaviourism of J. B. Watson and B. F. Skinner. Both had tended to portray human beings as faulty machines. In Freud’s view, human beings were almost entirely driven by … Read more

The Swiss mystic and his big Red Book: the secret world of Carl G Jung

As Carl Jung’s mysterious masterpiece, The Red Book, is finally published, a new biography portrays the psychologist as a modern-day mystic. For much of his life, pioneering psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) presented himself to the world as a rational, no-nonsense scientist. If he appeared to have any interest in mysticism or the occult, it … Read more