Category: Steve Bunnell, Ph D, LCSW

We are all a little schizophrenic. I define this term as two or more voices (in one person) conversing with each other. Hearing voices is the most common type of hallucination among people with schizophrenia. When Adam and Eve stood before the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden they were pure, innocent and quite naive. They were only hearing and listening to the voice of God. When they partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they didn’t become bad, they became teachable. They were now capable of hearing alternative voices. They were now capable of taking in alternative information. They were young gullible students. The problem was that the teacher who happened to be on the scene at the time was Satan, a willing teacher of false information. The problem with Satan as a teacher is that he is a liar and can only be depended upon to give us a slanted view. The first thing Satan said to these gullible children was, “You’re naked.” This was not hot news they had been naked all along but now they attached a new meaning to their condition.” The new meaning was, “There is something wrong with us. We are flawed.” Continue reading “How To Create a Schizophrenic. By Steven Bunnell”

As measured by an outside radar detector, the speed of a moving passenger train is 60 mp/h. You are a passenger on this train walking the same direction the train is moving. A radar detector inside the train records your speed as 3 mp/h. When focused on you, the outside detector records your speed as 63/ mp/h. The question is what is your actual speed 3, 60, or 63?

The answer of course is, relative to the measuring point. If we measure from inside the train your speed is 3 mp/h. Measured from outside the train your speed is 63 mp/h. Continue reading “The Theory of Relativity. By Steven Bunnell”

Often times we think that forgiveness means letting the sinner off of the hook for no good reason. But does it really mean that?

When Jesus was on the cross he was quoted as saying: “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” How could Jesus say this?

Let’s role play. Continue reading “What does forgiveness really mean? By Steven Bunnell”

Some 25 years ago I came across an exercise that brought some long lasting and interesting results. The challenge was to pick something that I wanted and mentally bless the first 7 people I saw for the next 21 days with this whatever it was (object, talent or characteristic.) This challenge was made with the promise that at the end of the 21 days the object of the blessing or the avenue or challenge to achieve it would present itself.

I picked “the ability to play the piano by ear.” It was something that I had always wanted to be able to do. I thought this would be a good test for the challenge because I considered the challenge impossible. The impossibility of the possibility of playing the piano by ear didn’t stop me. I went right ahead with the challenge. Continue reading “The Mental Blessing. By Steven Bunnell”

Do you find yourself making commitments only to get caught in your old habits and patterns of behavior again and again? As Albert Einstein said when observing human behavior, “The thinking that got us into this mess is not sufficient to get us out.” Continue reading “Killing the it. By Steven Bunnell”