ThirstySouls
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ThirstySouls 5 days agoRenewal
The morning, sun, glistening off the wet leaves and spiderwebs. A normally quiet stream resounding with the sound of spring snow melt. Birds that have been away for the winter return and add their joyful songs.
The sites, sounds, and smells of springtime abound. They are all reminders of the abundance which our Father supplies. The signs…
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bopbop replied to the discussion The Difficult Season in the forum ThirstySouls a week ago
One of the first steps is recognizing that you are affected by the seasons. Winter seems to be the most common time for SAD, but I find that any time there are long periods of no sunshine can also be difficult. I think for me it’s about being outside.
I’m willing to give these ideas a try and I want to be more mindful about getting a good…
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ThirstySouls a week agoA Personal Psalm
Blessed be our God. He is worthy of all praise.
The Lord has rescued me from the darkness.
He has lifted me from the recesses of my own mind.
He has saved me from the depths of depression and despair.
He has planted my feet on high ground.
His words of truth are a rock and firm foundation.
What have I to do with this world of darkness…
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Ben started the discussion The Difficult Season in the forum ThirstySouls a week ago
Do you find there’s a regular season every year where you struggle with depression and motivation? You might explore SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
Some things you can do:
- Talk to a professional to diagnose and come up with a treatment plan for seasonal motivation and depression issues.
- Phototherapy: some people use exposure to light to help. …
mayoclinic.org
Steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year-Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
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ThirstySouls a week agoA Six Week Experiment
Yesterday, I started an experiment that will last for six weeks. This kind of experiment is suggested in the books that I am reading concerning Neuroscience and Scripture.
Every day for the next six weeks, I am going to read 1 Corinthians 13. On some days, I will read it several times. For the first week, I intend to consider the entire…
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ThirstySouls a week agoThe Need for Community
“In every interaction, even those with God, we are involved in a great dance in which we shift from wanting closeness to needing our space. This dynamic occurs between parents and their children as well as between couples and friends. Different people have varying degrees of need for either closeness or separation. Too much of either one begins…
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ThirstySouls 2 weeks agoThings I Need On My Journey
For several months now, I have been on a journey toward mental and spiritual health. Along the way, I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the subject of Neuroscience and how it is showing things about the mind that Scripture has taught us for centuries. I’m learning a lot and growing in mind and spirit. Recently, I’ve realized that there are a…
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This made me think of “faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor 13:13 ESV). Hope produces the positive attitude of faith which, as it executes its belief, continues to builds up hope. Funny, Paul says this in the context of not loosing the simple center in the complexity of prophecy, tongues,…
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bopbop started the discussion The mind as a computer – Part One in the forum ThirstySouls 3 weeks ago
The mind as a computer - Part One
Hardware:
I would never be mistaken for a member of the “Geek Squad.” In fact, I don’t know much about the workings of the hardware inside the computer. But I do know that it has circuit boards, power supplies, fans, heat sinks (?), a video card, a sound card, and who knows what else. All of these pieces are part of a certain design,…
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ThirstySouls 3 weeks agoThe “Narrow Knowledge” Trap
Maslow’s Heirachy of Needs places “Safety” as one of our most fundamental needs. Humans can’t thrive or trust each other if our environment is unstable and unpredictable. This is especially problematic in our age were destablizing messages and experiences are all over both real life and our feeds and they are coming at so so fast and…
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One of the complicating issues is how many real conspiracies there are — news about corrupt elites and deceitful and selfish corporations is revealed constantly. Likewise, we have lived through so many disruptive and revolutionary discoveries – the power secrets, of finding previously hidden knowledge, is very real.
Often the intuition upon…
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In my limited knowledge (enough to make me dangerous) of Neuroscience, the question of “why” is a dangerous question. The reason is that we can’t always find the why, so in our minds we have to make up a why. Better questions might be what, where, when, and how. These question allow us to gather data and be able to better understand what…
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