Transpersonal psychology, addiction, and other ideas. (long post)

[Tobin S.]

2. I'm not arguing for the abolition of psychiatric medication.

Like I said, I still take it, and I'm going to keep doing so. I acknowledge at the end that there could be biological factors at work, as well as mental and spiritual factors.

What I am arguing is that there is much more going on with an individual than the eye of flesh can tell us. We also need the mind's eye and the spirit's eye. It's sad that that is a controversial view in our society currently. Philosophy and religion are now considered invalid by many due to a perceived reduction of the possibilities of realty by scientific materialism. Science is very good at explaining the material world, but that's not the entirety of existence although many people in the world mistakenly believe so now days.

Mental illness can be so scary and debilitating that inquiry beyond taking the meds and chilling out the symptoms can be seen as too risky. I'm not saying to stop taking meds. What I'm saying is that just because you take meds it doesn't mean you have to tune out other possibilities in the mental and spiritual realms. And I think there is more going on with people who are mentally ill than just biological and chemical abnormalities.

Transpersonal psychology is where the field is heading.