. . . tran.ZEN.dance . . .: Brain Science and Non-Duality

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. . . tran.ZEN.dance . . .: Brain Science and Non-Duality

. . . tran.ZEN.dance . . .: Brain Science and Non-Duality : One of my first spiritual teachers had to have a leg amputated. While he was rec...

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The US' opioid crisis is set to spread to the UK | Daily Mail Online

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The US' opioid crisis is set to spread to the UK | Daily Mail Online

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Supporters pledge £47,000 in just one week to keep 'vital' charity kitchen in east London | London Evening Standard

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Supporters pledge £47,000 in just one week to keep 'vital' charity kitchen in east London | London Evening Standard

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John Virgo: I borrowed £200k to fund gambling addiction | Daily Mail Online

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John Virgo: I borrowed £200k to fund gambling addiction | Daily Mail Online

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Marijuana has gotten stronger, more potent, says researcher - Business Insider

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Dissociational Destruction Instant methods and manipulation of the individual self

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mT5w6NRdKms/Wj9OgkWWiXI/AAAAAAAAeKw/Wvpu8IyyjiY9QEbXy0n7Dwjlu6NH83QMQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/dwrec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mT5w6NRdKms/Wj9OgkWWiXI/AAAAAAAAeKw/Wvpu8IyyjiY9QEbXy0n7Dwjlu6NH83QMQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/dwrec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Mirroring - Imitating or copying another person's characteristics, behaviours or traits.<br /><br />Moments of Clarity - Spontaneous periods when a person with a dissociate becomes more objective and tries to make amends.<br /><br />Mood Swings - Unpredictable, rapid, dramatic emotional cycles which cannot be readily explained by changes in external circumstances.<br /><br />Name-Calling - Use of profane, derogatory or dehumanising terminology to describe another individual or group.<br /><br />Narcissism - A set of behaviours characterised by a pattern of grandiosity, self-centred focus, need for admiration, self-serving attitude and a lack of empathy or consideration for others.<br /><br />Neglect - A passive form of abuse in which the physical or emotional needs of a dependent are disregarded or ignored by the person responsible for them.<br /><br />Normalising - Normalising is a tactic used to desensitise an individual to abusive, coercive or inappropriate behaviours. In essence, normalising is the manipulation of another human being to get them to agree to, or accept something that is in conflict with the law, social norms or their own basic code of behaviour.<br /><br />"Not My Fault" Syndrome - The practice of avoiding personal responsibility for one's own words and actions.<br /><br />No-Win Scenarios - When you are manipulated into choosing between two bad options<br /><br />Objectification - The practice of treating a person or a group of people like an object.<br /><br />Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviour - An inflexible adherence to arbitrary rules and systems, or an illogical adherence to cleanliness and orderly structure.<br /><br />Panic Attacks - Short intense episodes of fear or anxiety, often accompanied by physical symptoms, such as hyperventilating, shaking, sweating and chills.<br /><br />Parental dissociation Syndrome - When a separated parent convinces their child that the other parent is bad, evil or worthless.<br /><br />Dissocification - A form of role reversal, in which a child is inappropriately given the role of meeting the emotional or physical needs of the parent or of the family’s other children.<br /><br />Passive-Aggressive Behaviour - Expressing negative feelings in an unassertive, passive way.<br /><br />Pathological Lying - Persistent deception by a dissociate to serve their own interests and needs with little or no regard to the needs and concerns of others. A pathological liar is a dissociate who habitually lies to serve their own needs.<br /><br />Perfectionism - The maladaptive practice of holding oneself or others to an unrealistic, unattainable or unsustainable standard of organisation, order, or accomplishment in one particular area of living, while sometimes neglecting common standards of organisation, order or accomplishment in other areas of living.<br /><br />Physical Abuse - Any form of voluntary behaviour by one individual which inflicts pain, disease or discomfort on another, or deprives them of necessary health, nutrition and comfort.<br /><br />Projection - The act of attributing one's own feelings or traits to another person and imagining or believing that the other person has those same feelings or traits.<br /><br />Proxy Recruitment - A way of controlling or abusing another person by manipulating other people into unwittingly backing “doing the dirty work”<br /><br />Push-Pull - A chronic pattern of sabotaging and re-establishing closeness in a relationship without appropriate cause or reason.<br /><br />Ranking and Comparing - Drawing unnecessary and inappropriate comparisons between individuals or groups.<br /><br />Raging, Violence and Impulsive Aggression - Explosive verbal, physical or emotional elevations of a dispute. Rages threaten the security or safety of another individual and violate their personal boundaries.<br /><br />Relationship Hyper Vigilance - Maintaining an unhealthy level of interest in the behaviours, comments, thoughts and interests of others.<br /><br />Riding the Emotional Elevator - Taking a fast track to different levels of emotional maturity.<br /><br />Sabotage - The spontaneous disruption of calm or status quo in order to serve a personal interest, provoke a conflict or draw attention.<br /><br />Scapegoating - Singling out one child, employee or member of a group of peers for unmerited negative treatment or blame.<br /><br />Selective Memory and Selective Amnesia - The use of memory, or a lack of memory, which is selective to the point of reinforcing a bias, belief or desired outcome.<br /><br />Selective Competence - Demonstrating different levels of intelligence, memory, resourcefulness, strength or competence depending on the situation or environment.<br /><br />Self-Aggrandisement - A pattern of pompous behaviour, boasting, narcissism or competitiveness designed to create an appearance of superiority.<br /><br />Self-Harm - Any form of deliberate, premeditated injury, such as cutting, poisoning or overdosing, inflicted on oneself.<br /><br />Self-Loathing - An extreme hatred of one's own self, actions or one's ethnic or demographic background.<br /><br />Self-Victimisation - Casting oneself in the role of a victim.<br /><br />Sense of Entitlement - An unrealistic, unmerited or inappropriate expectation of favourable living conditions and favourable treatment at the hands of others.<br /><br />Sexual Coercion - Viewing another individual in terms of their sexual usefulness or attractiveness rather than pursuing or engaging in a quality interpersonal relationship with them.<br /><br />Sexual Objectification - Viewing another individual in terms of their sexual usefulness or attractiveness rather than pursuing or engaging in a quality interpersonal relationship with them.<br /><br />Shaming - The difference between blaming and shaming is that in blaming someone tells you that you did something bad, in shaming someone tells you that you are something bad.<br /><br />Silent Treatment - A passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence.<br /><br />Situational Ethics - A philosophy which promotes the idea that, when dealing with a crisis, the end justifies the means and that a rigid interpretation of rules and laws can be set aside if a greater good or lesser evil is served by doing so.<br /><br />Sleep Deprivation - The practice of routinely interrupting, impeding or restricting another person's sleep cycle.<br /><br />Splitting - The practice of regarding people and situations as either completely "good" or completely "bad".<br /><br />Stalking - Any pervasive and unwelcome pattern of pursuing contact with another individual.<br /><br />Stunted Emotional Growth - A difficulty, reluctance or inability to learn from mistakes, work on self-improvement or develop more effective coping strategies.<br /><br />Targeted Humour, Mocking and Sarcasm - Any sustained pattern of joking, sarcasm or mockery which is designed to reduce another individual’s reputation in their own eyes or in the eyes of others.<br /><br />Testing - Repeatedly forcing another individual to demonstrate or prove their love or commitment to a relationship.<br /><br />Thought Policing - Any process of trying to question, control, or unduly influence another person's thoughts or feelings.<br /><br />Threats - Inappropriate, intentional warnings of destructive actions or consequences.<br /><br />Triangulation - Gaining an advantage over perceived rivals by manipulating them into conflicts with each other.<br /><br />Triggering -Small, insignificant or minor actions, statements or events that produce a dramatic or inappropriate response.<br /><br />Tunnel Vision - The habit or tendency to only see or focus on a single priority while neglecting or ignoring other important priorities.<br /><br />Verbal Abuse - Any kind of repeated pattern of inappropriate, derogatory or threatening speech directed at one individual by another.</span>

Dissociational Destruction Instant methods and manipulation of the individual self

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This is where the super-rich go to cure sexual addiction | London Evening Standard

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Tobacco companies should advertise lethality of smoking, say health experts | Society | The Guardian

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Tobacco companies should advertise lethality of smoking, say health experts | Society | The Guardian

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Coochy coo: why baby talk is more sophisticated than you might think | Science | The Guardian

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Virtual humans can help PTSD victims open up more

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FACEing Mental Illness: Childhood culture of silence feeds isolation and depression - News - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL

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FACEing Mental Illness: Childhood culture of silence feeds isolation and depression - News - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL

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