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28 Jun 2021
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Are‌ ‌We‌ ‌Dreaming‌ ‌Reality?‌

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

There are two more ideas in the domain of spirituality that I think are helpful. And maybe I'll paint the picture this way: There is a group of new-age thinkers--and I think I fall along these lines--I don't know if it's true or not, but just as a different way of understanding reality.    This theory states that the brain is not an organ that produces consciousness. But in fact, consciousness is the fundamental nature of reality.    Our...

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21 Jun 2021
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What’s Sacred? How Does It Become Sacred?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

I went to school to study to be a Rabbi--which was a trippy experience. I kind of recommend it for some people, if you're interested.    I had a professor who asked an interesting question about the Old Testament, which we call the Torah. Namely, the five books of Moses--or a piece of the Old Testament. And he said, "Is this book sacred?"    I'm not Orthodox, you know? So I'm not an incredibly traditional Jew. As you can...

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14 Jun 2021
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The Soul, Higher Self, and Ego-Self: Understanding the Differences

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

We're trying to map out spirituality. I like to kind of place it within the realm of a person.    How do I interface with spirit? Where's my spirit? What was going on with me?    There are a few terms that are helpful. Some I talked about in previous videos.  The Higher Self and Ego Self: Part of the Psyche There's a higher self that’s more of a rational observer mind. The part that knows and seeks the good.    And there...

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07 Jun 2021
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Understanding the Higher Self

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

Whenever I talk about spirituality, it's important not to confuse the map with the territory.    So when we're using language to talk about spirituality--spirituality is not going to be captured by the language. The language is a map that allows one to begin to sort of navigate or get a foothold in the reality of spirit.  What is the Higher Self? One term that's used by my mentor, Rabbi Mordecai Finley, is he talks about the Higher Self....

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31 May 2021
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What are Archetypes? How Do They Relate to Addiction?

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

As a spiritual counselor, I'm left with the difficult task of trying to put words to communicate the ineffable. Because, at its base, spirituality is not something that can be prescribed or something that can be contained by definitions.    However, if we want to try to talk about spirituality, we have to do our best to point people towards the ineffable...

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24 May 2021
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Getting Sober During COVID-19

Yeshaia Blakeney
Recovery Blog, Therapy, Yeshaia Blakeney

If I'm being honest and I'm looking at what it means to be getting sober or being in an early recovery in the middle of COVID, I have no idea. I know that there are a lot more challenges than there used to be.  Isolation vs. Human Connection There's something about community and human connection that, in my mind, is fundamental and instrumental in the transformational process of going from somebody who's in an addicted state to...

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