Neil Durso

Soul. Ego. Communal Paradox (Rohr, Chittister, Merton)

My notions of ego and soul, and 3 influential sources

Teachers prevent war. Their subjects go viral

In a year, you impose >16,000 hours of WHO you are on other young who’s.

Dark Night of the Soul (1.8) – Silence

Stumbling into nothing but paradoxes entwined in incessant ruminations cycling ceaselessly through my mind.

Teacher’s Spree

He didn’t have his laptop or pencil today but he had a piece of candy… It might be harder than a trip to the moon.

Beware: Why popular therapy programs fall short

Popular therapy programs fail in the end; they start, but cannot finish. The truth is too dark for toxically positive self-improvement or healing recovery. Why be wary of popular self-help books and recovery/therapy programs? Because they are popular! That means they appeal to mass markets, and what mass markets want is, fast and easy. LikeContinue reading “Beware: Why popular therapy programs fall short”

“Ego” according to a non-affiliated psychospiritual source

Though I can’t explain entirely why, I’ve become fond of this non-affiliated psychospiritual writing duo. Here is their perspective on “ego.” I’ve become a bit obsessed with the differentiation between soul and ego, and myself describe the ego as our “sensor of separateness, uniqueness, individuality.” I’m pretty convinced that life’s purpose ( esp. therapy’s) isContinue reading ““Ego” according to a non-affiliated psychospiritual source”