Practical Psychological Tools, Insights and Strategies for Dealing with Everyday Life

text and top photo copyright Jonathan Zap, 2011

Edited by Austin Iredale

photo: Manhattan store front window with reflections

Zones of inner jeopardy [...]

The Enterprise, a Federation starship whose self-awareness has not fully awakened
Excerpted from Parallel Journeys, —Journal of My Second Incarnation in [...]

Stephen Colbert, a visionary Gen-X comedian who is especially popular with Millennials

(unedited, rough draft) © 2011 Jonathan Zap

An interesting trend [...]

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© Jonathan Zap, 2011

Part I Edited by Austin Iredale

Part I of this article was originally written for Reality Sandwich. [...]

Emotionally intense experiences, life phases, and relationships tend to form timelines that continue in the unconscious, and sometimes these alternate timelines can enrich the soul, and other times they can divert massive amounts of psychic energy from our being fully engaged with the present.

Chris, airborne, seconds before injury.

What does it mean to push the envelope? The answer is more complex and charged with [...]

One of the most potent of spells or enchantments that can bind you into the matrix is to live under the compulsion of always having to imagine getting more in the future. Under this spell you become a donkey forever hypnotized by an imaginary carrot just up ahead.

I think I just realized why I get into trouble with so many people—-somehow I never realized what now seems obvious—-reality testing is politically incorrect! Whether you are a religious fundamentalist or a New Age fundamentalist, on the right or on the left, if it feels emotionally satisfying, then it’s true.

A very practical and grounded way to navigate your pathway through a chaotic world.

Raphael 1483-1528, The School (Plato and Aristotle)  This is just a visual representation of Socratic Dialogue—it doesn’t mean that John [...]