How can you be authentic without having knowledge of self?

Not necessarily in a complete sense…but having that understanding that guides you.

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As a parent, I think there’s a delicate balance in raising my children. On one hand, they need guidance and expectations. But they are also individuals and unique souls.

I think it helps to understand when they acquire knowledge of self. But that happens differently for everyone.

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There are a lot of great thinkers that have theories about human development.

But one artist has a perspective on it that really resonates with me.

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I have fond memories of listening to Wu-Tang Clan’s Liquid Swords album while growing up. It was like nothing else. It was a hip-hop album inspired by Kung Fu movies.

It sounded alien.

And there’s an interesting reason why…

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There’s a significant shift we experience when recognizing the things that are sacred in our lives as well as the sacred traditions that have been handed down to us from previous generations.

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It’s easy to get caught up in the swell of hypermodernity and hyper-information.

There is just so much we’re exposed to.

But if we lose touch of the fact that there are sacred things in life..and that we are sacred…it becomes a big probem.

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This certain act a majority of people believe is wrong–me included.

A line that shouldn’t be crossed and violated.

By why?

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There is something about our ancestors–those who have passed–that’s sacred.

It’s common in most cultures and belief systems.

So when someone struggles with entering spiritual domains, I asked them this one particular question.

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What do you consider sacred?

What transcends the ordinary to a level of sacred for you?

I think there’s a lot that’s scared. We have to examine our lives to define it.

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What makes something sacred?

It’s a tough question to answer because the term is so subjective.

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Human beings adapt.

Especially when it comes to pain.

They find ways to avoid it or move past it.

But adapting to trauma without processing it may lead to more problems.

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As humans, we tend to flee into our thoughts for distraction.

But how do we come back to what’s really going on?

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Trauma and Dissociation

When we dissociate to help cope with a traumatic event, we don’t fully process the experience.

We adapt.

But the adaptation can cause a disconnection between the head, heart, and body.

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One way people adapt to trauma is by dissociating–to separate from an experience they are having.

And it’s more common than you think.

In fact, you’re probably doing it every nigh

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The human body is a complex, interwoven system.

The memory of a traumatic experience doesn’t just get stored in your mind.

It also affects the nervous system.

So the traumatic experience is actually imprinted in the body.

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There’s a phrase that’s become popular over the last ten years or so. Something that’s crept into the scene–at least in LA.

Being in your body.

And it’s a little confusing…aren’t you always in your body?

But when we are not fully present, fully conscious, are we really being in our bodies?

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Vivitrol has been around for a couple of decades, but it’s not as widely known.

I think it’s a great tool for treating addiction.

It blocks the effects of an opiate, so you can’t get high.

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Medically treating addiction can also mean prescribing medications that deter a person from using.

A perfect example of this is Antabuse.

If you drink alcohol while taking it, you violently throw up.

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Medications for drug addiction can help with harm reduction.

A great example of this is methadone–a drug to treat opiate addiction.

Shooting heroin is incredibly dangerous and harmful for a lot of reasons.

Methadone is something like heroin, but it can be distributed legally to save lives and help people function better.

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