Category: Northland

• The Transformation Of An Empath: From Spiritual Sponge To A Conscious Mirror

  Over a period of past few decades, I have been repeatedly told that I am an “empath,” and that most of the problems arising in my life are due to my inability to enforce boundaries necessary for such a personality trait. This weblog provides a transformative journey from being a sponge who indiscreetly absorbed everyone’s…

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  November 14, 2025

  North Island, Northland, philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Religion, Religious

  Carl Jung, depth psychology, healing, india, mental health, philosophy, psychology, religion, spirituality

• Jacques Lacan & The Gaze That Makes Us Want

  I recently happened to have an interesting discussion on Lacan with an acquaintance. The discussion has inspired this weblog. Although there are many, many, many posts that I have written on Lacan in the past, I am pulling out all the plugs once again, drenching myself in the psychology of desire, one of my most…

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  November 7, 2025

  Anti Social Personality, Counseling, Counseling and Psychotherapy, Creativity, Expressions, Far North, New Zealand, North Island, Northland, philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Uncategorized, Whangaroa

  lacan, philosophy, psychoanalysis, psychology, writing

• What Is Vipassana?

  What is Vipassana, and how does it compare with the Yogas? This piece situates Vipassana within Buddhism as an insight discipline—training observation and equanimity—then contrasts it with Raja (concentration), Bhakti (devotion), Karma (action), and Jnana (inquiry). It outlines method, aims, and practical benefits, notes where Hatha/Tantra support practice, and offers beginner pointers without giving away…

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  September 25, 2025

  Christchurch, Counseling, Counseling and Psychotherapy, Counseling in Christchurch, Creativity, Expressions, Far North, Fresno, india, Meditation, New Zealand, North Island, Northland, philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Religion, Religious, Therapy, Uncategorized, Whangaroa

  Buddhism, culture, Health, india, Meditation, mental health, mindfulness, New Zealand, religion, spirituality, United States, vipassana, yoga

• Thoreau, Bhagvad Gītā, and Jung : On Solitude

  Overview In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau walked into the woods with a borrowed axe and a stubborn idea that if he simplified his life to the bone, he might hear what a human life is actually saying. On the edge of Walden Pond, a mile or so from Concord, he built a one-room cabin,…

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  September 19, 2025

  Counseling, Counseling and Psychotherapy, Creativity, Expressions, Far North, Fresno, india, Kundalini, Meditation, New Zealand, North Island, Northland, philosophy, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Religion, Religious, Therapy, Uncategorized, Whangaroa

  life, loneliness, mental health, mindfulness, solitude