Bruce Psychology

Love

Ben — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:24:15 +0000

Love is a great mystery and often misunderstood. It is the essence of growth and healing. It is a common dilemma that most people struggle with: how much do I look after myself (to ‘look after number one’) and how much do I look after others? I give this scenario to many people: what [...]

2012: Currents of change – a brief synopsis on the times that are already here

Ben — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:09:58 +0000

2012 is set to be a year of extreme change – but not necessarily what you’d expect. Often what happens on the outside is a symbolic representation of what is happening on the inside. A transformation of human consciousness is represented and facilitated by change and conflict in our systems of economics and geo-politics. I [...]

Don’t ask the Government

Ben — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:30:18 +0000

Don’t ask the Government. Many people become overwhelmed and feel paralyzed and oppressed when they consider doing something new and different. We are often reduced to inaction and rendered powerless, such that our God-given ideas and inventions never manifest when our creativity is met with a sense of threat and danger and even ridicule. What [...]

Co-Creation: How God exists and Why

Ben — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:11:57 +0000

Co-Creation: How God exists and why. Ben Bruce 1/12/11 What is God and what has He/ She / It got to do with me? This obscure concept and relationship has vexed many of us for millennia. I am led to the remarkable conclusion that God is a summary collective of all of the units of consciousness, sentience, intention, [...]

The weather with you: the truth behind climate change and carbon tax

Ben — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:38:45 +0000

The following essay was written by P. Histed who is a chemical engineer and biologist from Canada. She currently works as a high school teacher teaching physics, chemistry and maths. As I know her personally I asked her to write about the truth behind climate change, CO2, and carbon tax. I am astounded that [...]

Excerpt from The Hanged Man, by Sheldon Kopp.

Ben — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:36:23 +0000

There is a lot of deep wisdom in this excerpt from Sheldon Kopp about the meaning of life: the purpose is You and how to be you… better. Kopp was a psychotherapist who wrote this work after a long and nourishing career being lovingly and authentically avant’ garde. He wrote this work whilst dying from [...]

Integral Psychology: defining the eco-bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach and why we need it in psychology

Ben — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:52:36 +0000

The Integral model is extremely useful in making sense of the world: ourselves, others, the environment, in fact any topic we focus on. In this article I explore its utility in psychology and psychotherapy. By Ben Bruce Last time I checked there were over 400 different types of psychotherapy available to people who needed psychological [...]

Sick City: social disorder and why young people are rioting without apparent cause

Ben — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:07:04 +0000

How do we explain the recent riots in England? Why are the young people organizing themselves and looting and destroying their own communities? What happened to personal responsibility and community-based care, ethics and morality? In this article I draw upon understanding from developmental psychology and consciousness / world-view stuckness as opposed to integration and progress [...]

Death pacts from the dying

Ben — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:11:50 +0000

How should we respond to a loved one, such as a parent on their death bed, asking us to promise to do something for them when they go? A parent may ask you to ‘look after your brother’ or your mother, your sister… someone in particular. And whilst this might be well intentioned and loving, [...]

Quote of the week: let’s talk about money and what really matters

Ben — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:28:44 +0000

From Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom (Chapter: The Eighth Tuesday) ‘We’ve got a form of brainwashing going on in our country. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that’s what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. [...]