Dangerous Wisdom Resources for UCL Psychologists
Dear UCL Community,
These resources feature in the Dangerous Wisdom basic curriculum. Start with these, and you can get in touch if you need further suggestions.
Resources from this site:
The Meditations Page (see the basic Love and Compassion downloads in particular)
Practices of a Sacred Place (Nature-oriented practices)
Two Helpful Off-Site Resources:
A Most Excellent and Simple 7-Minute Qigong Practice—7 Minutes of Magic
(I usually invite people to at least try Qigong practice as part of a holistic approach.)
Preconquest Consciousness, by E. Richard Sorenson
Dangerous Wisdom Podcast Episodes Dealing with Matters Relevant to Psychology—plenty to choose from, so if you start one and find it doesn’t land, try another one, and/or switch between interviews and solo episodes—the first four may especially appeal to people with Alexander Technique experience or interest:
The Artefact: Holographic Habits and Healing, Part 1
Compassion: The Most Important Training
The Backward Step - Getting Unstuck by Moving Forward and Backward at the Same Time
Transcending Trauma with the LoveWisdom of Spacious Mind - with Sara E. Lewis, PhD, LCSW
Famous Harvard Study Misses the Most Crucial Finding
The Mind of Nature and the Nature of Mind—Ecological Thinking
You Are Super Natural - We Were Super Before We Were Human - Jeff Kripal, PhD
Healing Self and World Through Sleep and Dream: Dialogue with Rubin Naiman
The Feedback Loop of Earth and Soul
The Others and the Interwovenness of Earth and Soul
The Great Field of New Discoveries and the Terrifying Dream of William James
Jung’s Greatest Discovery—Part 3 in the Shadow Series
A few books worth considering:
Love Letter to the Earth, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Flowers in the Dark: Reclaiming Your Power to Heal Trauma through Mindfulness, by Sister Dang Nghiem, MD
Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism, by Sara E. Lewis, PhD
Steps to an Ecology of Mind, by Gregory Bateson
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, By Chogyam Trungpa
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow
Extraordinary Knowing, by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, PhD
The Practice of the Wild, by Gary Snyder
Buddhist Philosophy and the Embodied Mind, by Matthew MacKenzie, PhD
Memories, Dreams, Reflections, by C.G. Jung
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
The Zen of Creativity, by John Daido Loori
Start Where You Are, by Pema Chodron
A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives, by Thupten Jinpa, PhD
Joy of Living: Book and Online Course
Other recommended resources from the Dangerous Wisdom basic curriculum:
Another Great Tango Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7eDHK4-4qU
Century of the Self, Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04
Century of the Self, Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEsPOt8MG7E
Century of the Self, Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub2LB2MaGoM
Century of the Self, Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VouaAz5mQAs
All Four Parts in One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s
Anger Management: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305224/
Kung Fu Hustle: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Ikiru: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Mully: https://mcfus.org/mullymovie/
Tukdam: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21945758/
The Biggest Little Farm: https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-biggest-little-farm
Power of Myth: (Playlist) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiYnNom7SVRMjsi2WSpIGBlo1UDhlXyvz
Power of Myth: (All episodes in one video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlxL4kNMgA
Upstanders, The Mosque Across the Street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33Hy4XSymg
Daryl Davis on the Power of Respectful Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw
Gary Snyder, If Trees Could Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mokAW4T92kE
Louie Schwartzberg, Climate Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5DxojGAEI
Louie Schwartzberg: https://movingart.com/
Louie Schwartzberg: https://vimeo.com/movingartfilms
Louie Schwartzberg: https://vimeo.com/63680001
Oren Lyons, No Bottom Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KAy5AHYIK8
Oren Lyons, 2008 Call to Consciousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRz2mih5-JU
Oren Lyons, Who Are You?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwmqZ272As
Rachel Naomi Remen, The Art of Living: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xBjIHEhtg