What do we mean by “Golden Question?” Using our 7 Degrees of Illumination model, a golden question is a question that propels one forward in illumination, dispelling darkness while revealing more of the real self in the process.
In this post, we intend to explore how one might use his/her assumptions to develop such inquiry and make the most of it.
The alignment of a system is the purpose of its function.
There are things we need for physical existence and things we need for psychological existence. Both appear to be immediate. One is a physical need for oxygen to breathe, water to drink, food to eat and shelter from the elements. The other is a psychological need generated by imagination and powered by emotion – which ego uses to instill a sense of urgency for its own survival, motivating a need to seek acceptance, control, status and etc.
Satisfying needs is characteristic of life. Humans tend to blur the distinction between imagined and physical wellbeing, “I do what I have to do to survive – in life, love, connection, separation, and etc.” Psychologically, need is a drive that motivates an action to fill a perceived emptiness.
And what to do about them. Based on the work of Aaron Beck and others, in Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, David Burns outlines 10 common mistakes...
Fear is an emotionally influenced response to danger or threat that motivates behaviors to mitigate the danger or threat. Humans and other animals ex...
Inside my First-Second Degree of Illumination bubble, perspective and intention entwine in a dance I experience as reality. Sometimes that reality doe...
Researchers have substantiated a common-sense concept - when you feel powerless, tasks feel more difficult. Even when the tasks are considered easier...
Is the relationship between intention and attention circular? It's the age-old question, "Which came first... intention or attention?" The old veritie...
Joseph and Carol Bennette are the product of their separate yet united journeys, two perspectives that complement each other, synergized into a much broader perspective - the Aha Zone.