Spiritual Theory
Black Sun Healing is built around the idea that healing is not simply about feeling better. It is about removing the fear, conditioning, defenses, and distortions that separate us from who we actually are. The larger question is what happens if that process continues far enough. If healing changes the way we think, feel, relate, perceive, and inhabit our bodies, there may be a point where continued healing becomes something more than recovery.
The theories in this section explore that possibility. They examine whether enlightenment, awakening, ascension, and other forms of spiritual transformation may represent deeper stages of the same process we already call healing. They draw connections across psychology, biology, neuroscience, consciousness, religion, symbolism, altered states, and ancient traditions to ask whether human beings may be capable of forms of development that conventional psychology rarely attempts to explain.
Some of these ideas are strongly supported by existing research; others extend beyond what can currently be proven. The goal is neither blind belief nor automatic dismissal, but serious exploration. Healing may not simply return us to normal functioning. It may be the beginning of a much larger transformation.
Each theory builds on the previous theories, so it is advised to read the theories in order.
How Anger is Misunderstood
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As the most common and least understood of
all the emotions, anger seems like the right
place to start. I was in a therapy session
today discussing the concept of anger in the
abstract and what it means, what its purpose
is, etc. I came to realize in that
conversation, and many in the previous
couple months when I've discussed anger...
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How to Minimize Self-Inflicted Pain: Pain vs Suffering
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Let's start by distinguishing the two words.
Pain is an involuntary and uncontrollable
emotional response to loss, in any of its
various forms. It's sadness. It's pure and
it's simple. Suffering is everything that...
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Differentiation: How to Develop Emotional Maturity
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This is a summary of the core ideas of the
theory of differentiation as explained by
David Schnarch in the book "Intimacy and
Desire." Differentiation is one of the most
important and impactful theories that I've
ever read and can be incredibly useful for
self growth and development. The theory...
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Psychological Concept: Codependency - Signs of a Lack of Self-Esteem in Relationships
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This post is meant to be a supplement to my
post on differentiation. The concepts of
differentiation and codependency are the
exact same thing just called different...
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The Great Experiment: My Thesis On How to Heal the World
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I’ve decided to start something that I call
The Great Experiment. This experiment is
based on my own life experience as well as
the synthesizing of psychological and
spiritual information to come up with a...
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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence
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This is a summary of the book Emotional
Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry with
additional input from other sources on
emotional intelligence. Emotions drive human
behavior yet our society has consistently
taught that emotions are bad. Much of
society spends extravagant amounts of...
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Choosing to Be Serenaded by Life
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Theme song: Sacrificial by Rezz, PVRIS For
the past few years, once a year, I hike a
slot canyon in southern Utah. It's become a
tradition for me to go to this slot canyon
and bring friends to camp for the weekend
and experience the beauty of the lesser
known canyon. Last year, while sitting...
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy: The Psychology Behind Not Letting Go
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Theme song: Rumble by Excision, Space Laces
Sunk cost is actually a term primarily found
in economics, probably one of the only
things I remember from that college class,
but its applications are far reaching and...
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The Benefits of Rethinking What You Think You Know
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This is a summary of the core concepts in
the #1 New York Times Best Selling book
Think Again by Adam Grant. The book provides
a lot of compelling examples that allow for
a deeper understanding of these principles
that will not be included in the summary, so
if you like the concepts introduced, I...
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What We Think We Know About Drugs is Wrong: Correcting Cultural Misrepresentation With Science
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This is a summary of the book Chasing the
Scream: The First and Last Days of the War
on Drugs by Johann Hari. In the book he
talks about many concepts including how...
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The Conscious Purpose
The Conscious Curriculum is a twenty-paper theory of why consciousness exists. It proposes that consciousness divides into limited perspectives so it can experience, learn, heal, develop, and eventually participate in larger forms of consciousness. Across the series, existence itself becomes the curriculum through which consciousness expands what it is capable of being.
