The history of the word “psychology” derived during the 16th century in Germany by Melanchthon and was originated to mean, “the study of the soul”. Ironically and over time, the study of the word “psychology” is now interpreted as, “the study of the mind, mental states, and processes”. How and where this dramatic turn of definition and study came to be requires a good and hard look at history; somewhere and somehow, the soul and mind were separated.

Our attachments to things, people, and to outcomes is at the core of our personal discomfort. By letting go of our attachments, we free ourselves up to live empowered lives.

Have you noticed that when people get stressed out they seem to start making very bad choices in their life? When people get totally in despair and stressed they go back and get in tight with their religion, church group, or find comfort in misery with others. No, this isn’t a negative comment about religion, it’s just that it is easier to spot stressed out people who have stopped thinking within an enclosed and encapsulated group. If you doubt what I’m saying ask any pastor, preacher, or clergymen what happens when the economy tanks, people lose their job, or people start to lose hope.

I was raised as a Muslim, under the teachings of Islam. I was always told that I needed to make sure that my 5 prayers were completed every single day no matter what unless “I was not able to pray” meaning when I was on my period, which was the only time I could not pray or fast because I considered “unclean”.

While it’s a technique that not many people know of, it’s indeed possible to be able to be in control in your dreams, and this technique, called lucid dreaming, can be done in a very short amount of time, making it possible for you to know how to lucid dream tonight. With it, you’ll be able to gain consciousness in a dream, making yourself able to experience everything that happens in it. This means that you’ll be able to do things like inducing the sensation of flying, discover new art forms or solve problems that…