As creatures, we are physical, mental, emotional and spiritual beings.  The Human Sciences are cognisant of human body, human intellect, human emotions, yet strangely silent about human spirituality.  Why is this dimension of ‘human person’ absolutely and indeed officially absented from the arena of human mental health?

Dr. Pauline Emma Pierce AUTHOR PAGE
Pauline Emma Pierce AUTHOR PAGE

The Purpose of this website:

How do you form (calibrate) your perception of reality?  Do you attend to cultural norms?  Do you adhere to parental advice?  Do you embrace the opinions of family and friends?  Do you willingly accept expert opinion?  Or do you engage your own critical thinking skills?  If you place more credence in the opinions of others (family, friends, culture, experts etc.) and are content to go on forming your reality from these sources, then close down this website and go find another more suitable to your tastes.  This website will be of interest only to those who rely primarily on their own critical thinking skills, willing to share their thoughts with others who are willing to share their thoughts.  It is interactive so that in the sharing we may learn from one another.

Stories…

    • Spirituality
      Spirituality: It is a strange sort of word, but what does it mean? It is not like cat, or dog, or mat or anything like that. Grammatically it is supposed to be a noun. But is it? It does not describe anything concrete. Its meaning cannot be described or even defined. When you look into… Read more: Spirituality
    • Good and Evil
      Evil is the absence of good, according to the great St Augustine. I can see his point, but I’m not sure I agree with it entirely. While I accept that evil has no power of its own; it is not a force of itself; it gathers its force from the good. But that corruption can… Read more: Good and Evil
    • Freedom
      It amazes me when I think of all the times I have heard the word ‘freedom’. It is always attached to a specific action. Freedom of speech is the most common. And then there is the freedom to extinguish an unborn life – as in abortion. There is the freedom to protest, the freedom to… Read more: Freedom
    • Truth
      It was in the study of Theology that I first met the mystics; saints long dead, who had experienced and recorded their experience of listening for, and ultimately hearing the voice of God, of Truth buried deep within their own souls. I was stunned! Was my memory playing tricks? Would others, currently called mentally ill… Read more: Truth
    • Wisdom
      Many things hailed as mentally healthy and beneficial make no sense to me. For example, the oft noted ‘bucket list’. Why do people make a list of activities to do in their retirement from a working life? Why can people not see the benefit, the actual mental health in retiring into a peaceful, quiet old… Read more: Wisdom

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