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About giribaba

I was a monk in India for 10 years (1966-1976), & have been a mental health professional for 30 years. I write about the spiritual journey, spiritual practice & have a special interest in depression.

Why Spirituality? – Blog 4

In this book we meet Alex who contacted via the website, goddessmantra.guru to better follow his spiritual path with some advice about practice, Alex also was dealing with some long-standing issues – especially severe anxiety. However, we quickly established a … Continue reading

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Why Spirituality? – Blog 5

For this book we meet Alex who contacted me via my website, to better follow his spiritual path with some advice about practices, Alex also was dealing with some long standing issues – especially severe anxiety. However we quickly established … Continue reading

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Why Spirituality? – blog 6 – pt 1

Why Spirituality? (Start of a new book). Previously Raymond Pattison wrote about his ten years as a monk in India. Then about spiritual matters with foundation spiritual philosophy derived from ancient Indian writings. After leaving India in 1976 Raymond became … Continue reading

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Why Spirituality? – blog 6, part 2

For this book we meet Alex who contacted me via my website, to better follow his spiritual path with some advice about practices, Alex also was dealing with some long standing issues – especially severe anxiety. However we quickly established … Continue reading

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Why Spirituality? – blog 7

For this book we meet Alex who contacted me via my website, to better follow his spiritual path with some advice about practices, Alex also was dealing with some long standing issues – especially severe anxiety. However we quickly established … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Journeys to Self-Realisation – Podcasts

There are 36 recent blogs regarding production of what is now a book on Amazon. Now there are more Podcasts on Spotify. I am publishing here the sessions. The link will take you to a Spotify webpage with Introduction Podcast … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Journeys to Self-Realisation – blog 1

I take you on a journey to Self-Realisation. For many this will be a spiritual adventure, but not necessarily. Benefits of this practice can be practical. Maybe not becoming rich and famous? The possibilities though are endless. I will take … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Journeys to Self-Realisation – blog 2

Where do you start in this therapeutic journey? What is the required result, if the end result is Self-Realisation, and the the status of this undertaking will be one of ego transcendence or renunciation. That will mean freedom from everything, … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Journeys to Self-Realisation – blog 3

Relaxation is a necessary beginning! Why do relaxation? Well, it’s a precursor to meditation. It also helps to achieve a state of mindfulness. Is it actually necessary? Can we not just go straight into deep meditation by just doing the … Continue reading

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Therapeutic Journeys to Self-Realisation – blog 4

Relaxation to Self-Realisation There are three components of this particular exercise for relaxation These components are associated with a choice of visualisations. The visualisations enable a transition to the exercises involved with defusion practices. Grounding or Earthing. The idea is … Continue reading

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