http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675 The latest quality free reprint articles from Dave Smart at SubmitYOURArticle.com Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:44:40 +0000 We acquire fears for many reasons. Some seem to be inherent in our genes, and are related to events in natural history. Others are acquired by voluntary acts of distancing; these can develop into phobias. Fears, generally seen as signs of weakness, are actually based on psychic strengths. But there are specific processes to get rid of unnecessary fears, and entire organizations dedicated to remove certain specific fears. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/what-causes-phobias-118284.php Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:17 +0000 Paleontologists tell us that life on earth has narrowly survived total extinction several times. So it is not surprising that there are strong survival instincts in our genes. Yet daily we must defend our apparently delicate bodies from danger. These are two very opposite voices in ourselves. It is no surprise that this conflict is reflected in mythology. Also, the effort to find the center place between them can be truly challenging. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/geological-extinctions-permian-112064.php Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:13 +0000 When patterns of events occur in our personal lives frequently, they are referred to as waking dreams. Patterns of events can occur to society at the cultural level too. They are related to events in stories of mythology of the world's cultures. If we are aware of the parts of ourselves, we have some choice in what patterns of events will happen to us. But if we do not choose, patterns - mythological stories - will tend to choose us. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/Waking-dreams-98787.php Thu, 27 May 2010 16:13:15 +0000 We buy from corporations and many of us work for corporations, yet corporations themselves are imaginary beings. They consider themselves citizens in the various countries they exist in, and are arguing for more citizen's rights. How do we maintain our sense of authentic self in such unauthentic environment? By recognizing that even as our perception of other individuals are (authentic) parts of ourselves, so are corporations. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/finding-my-authentic-self-85018.php Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:35:30 +0000 We are always putting up and then taking down our emotional and spiritual defenses. Leaving them up when we would gain by taking them down can lead to victimhood. Taking them down can be an act of naive innocence, or it can be the place from which true learning and growth of selfhood happen. Many factors govern when is the right time to do this but in any case, some risk is always involved. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/spiritual-defenses-77131.php Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:55:50 +0000 In India, middle-class citizens flock to the Char Dham Yatra, a pilgrimage to four Hindu temples in the Himalayas. The spiritual appeal of this demanding journey seems to relate to the spirits of place that these temples are situated at. The closeness of Hinduism to spirits of place is common to Native American and other tribal religions, and all these respond to a human need to grounding to specific places in the world. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/Hinduism-73035.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:07 +0000 All of us develop opposites in ourselves that tend to negate our efforts in our chosen jobs. However in the current health care reform debate, the pharmaceutical and health care insurance executives are finding out that their opposites are aiding efforts they are making to disrupt the debate process with misinformation, heckling and dirty tricks. But, the rest of us must identify our opposites and find other places in our lives to honor them. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/opposites-within-yourself-66308.php Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:02:11 +0000 We prefer others to the degree that we connect with parts of ourselves we accept - and dislike others to the degree that we are disconnected with parts of ourselves. The way this relates to our politics depends on what political theory we believe in. Some theories emphasize an "us versus them" stance that encourages enmity, while others demand accountability and so connecting with all parts of ourselves. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/Machiavellian-politics-64406.php Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:26:42 +0000 Oswald Spengler's views on world culture, written in 1918-23, have relevance today. From his model of changes in our culture and others in world history, come predictions - many of which are being fulfilled today. These include tendencies for a superpower to become an empire. But ordinary people, emboldened by the communications opportunities today, can maintain and practice the values of tribal societies which empires and states conquered. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/examples-of-cultural-change-61143.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:40:42 +0000 When we find ourselves in competition in some way, our Warrior archetype takes over, and he is concerned with winning - with honor. When an opportunity presents itself and we seek it, our Opportunist takes over. These two very different archetypes are present in situations that are a combination of these two circumstances, and we need to understand how their differences, especially in matters of honor and fairness, shape our decisions in life. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Dave-Smart-4675/competing-to-win-58025.php Fri, 29 May 2009 18:28:03 +0000