“The key to the Grail is compassion, ‘suffering with,’ feeling another’s sorrow as if it were your own. The one who finds the dynamo of compassion is the one who’s found the Grail.” – Excerpt From: Campbell, Joseph. “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living.” Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2011-08-01 – Dr. Jaime G. […]
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QLM: Quality of Life Modeling Seminar – Achieving Your Goals
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.” – Napoleon Hill – Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS Some time ago, I conducted a seminar about living a life of quality and significance, about becoming the person you were born to be (QLM: Quality of Life Modeling). It […]
QLM: Quality of Life Modeling Seminar – Congruence in Communication
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.” – Albert Careb – Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS Some time ago, I conducted a seminar about living a life of quality and significance, about becoming the person you were born to be. It seems to me that many people, particularly in […]
Right Action
When you stand before God, you can’t say, “I was told by others to do this or that. That virtue was not convenient at the time.” Your Soul is in your keeping. What you decide to do every day will determine if you will be a good man or not.” From the Movie, “Kingdom of Heaven” […]
Living Myths
– Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS A passage by Dr. Carl Jung regarding the role that mythology plays in the identities of societies and individuals: The primitive mentality does not invent myths, it experiences them. Myths are original revelations of the preconscious psyche, involuntary statements about unconscious psychic happenings, and anything but allegories of physical processes. […]
Feeling Centered Medicine
By mike chupa on October 13, 2015 in blog, The Ancient Greeks, The Return/Redemption, Western Wisdom
The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually – to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul – harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life.” – Gary Zukav – Dr. Jaime […]
The Pope Francis Encyclical Laudato si’: A New Relationship with the Transcendent
By mike chupa on September 26, 2015 in blog, Consciousness & Duality, Life’s Great Questions, Return to the Sacred, The Return/Redemption, Western Wisdom
When people become self-centered and self-enclosed, their greed increases. The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs things to buy, own and consume. It becomes almost impossible to accept the limits imposed by reality. In this horizon, a genuine sense of the common good also disappears.” – Pope Francis, Laudato si’ […]
Protecting the Vulnerable – True Spirituality
A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, “But I was told by others to do thus.” Or that, “Virtue was […]
Helen Luke on Shakespeare’s Master Work, “The Tempest”
– Dr. Jaime G. Corvalan, MD, FACS The venerable author Helen Luke, in her powerful book “Old Age,” touches on a wide variety of issues including aging, consciousness and letting go, through her deeply insightful analysis of some of the greatest works in literature. Her analysis of perhaps Shakespeare’s penultimate work, “The Tempest,” is thoughtful and brilliant. […]
The Story and the Meaning of the Grail King
What are the Keys to Contentment? When the stories of Parzival, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were initially written during the Middle Ages, there was a great change sweeping the Western World. The power of The Church was being challenged by powerful new ideas as well as the return of ancient […]