Bernard Starr, PhD
Bernard Starr, Ph.D. formerly professor of developmental and educational psychology at the City University of New York now teaches “Spirituality in Film” and leads “The Spiritual Forum” at Marymount Manhattan College. He is founder, author and editor of a number of publications and books on psychology, aging and spirituality. For seven years he was writer, producer and host of an award winning radio commentary, and currently produces and hosts documentaries on meaningful, active and productive living in the third age of life. His numerous op-ed and commentary articles for the Scripps Howard News Service have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States. He is currently President of the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy and is the main United Nations representative for the Institute of Global Education that founded the Mucherla Global School in Mucherla, India. For the last 25 years he has been a spiritual seeker experiencing many traditions worldwide. His recently published book , “Escape Your Own Prison: why We Need Spirituality and Psychology To Be Truly Free” (Rowman and Littlefield , Oct. 2007) explores spirituality as a psychology of consciousness. E-mail: starrone@aol.com.
Bernard Starr, Ph.D. formerly professor of developmental and educational psychology at the City University of New York now teaches “Spirituality in Film” and leads “The Spiritual Forum” at Marymount Manhattan College. He is founder, author and editor of a number of publications and books on psychology, aging and spirituality. For seven years he was writer, producer and host of an award winning radio commentary, and currently produces and hosts documentaries on meaningful, active and productive living in the third age of life. His numerous op-ed and commentary articles for the Scripps Howard News Service have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States. He is currently President of the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy and is the main United Nations representative for the Institute of Global Education that founded the Mucherla Global School in Mucherla, India. For the last 25 years he has been a spiritual seeker experiencing many traditions worldwide. His recently published book , “Escape Your Own Prison: why We Need Spirituality and Psychology To Be Truly Free” (Rowman and Littlefield , Oct. 2007) explores spirituality as a psychology of consciousness. E-mail: starrone@aol.com.
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Al Gore: This Is Your Destiny!
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 24 2008 12:02AM
Al Gore uniquely has the credibility, understanding, compassion, commitment, and trust to lead a "Planetary Energy Project" fashioned after the "Manhattan Project."
Two Weapons Of Mass Destruction That Threaten Us: Ignorance And Inaction
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 6 2008 09:03PM
A crystal ball glimpse into the future forecasts a scathing assessment of this generation’s unwillingness to initiate an “Energy Manhattan Project.”
The Suicide Bombing Of Science
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jun 16 2008 01:46PM
The U.S government, foreign governments, universities and non-profit organizations provide billions of dollars to scientists each year for climate and environmental research that is largely ignored in favor of business as usual band-aids.
Let’s Launch A Clean Energy"Manhattan Project" Now: An Open Letter To Lee Iacocca
Column: Spiritual Psychology
May 21 2008 11:59PM
Lee Iacocca: You may be the right leader at the right time to make the clean energy “Manhattan Project” a reality. There can be no greater legacy!
Corrupting The' Now Moment' To serve The Ego
Column: Spiritual Psychology
May 11 2008 10:45AM
Living in the now moment does not free you from responsibility for
planning for the future
Age Fifty Is The New Thirty And Retirees Are The New Workaholics
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Apr 27 2008 08:49PM
Never say that you have retired. Lie! Even the Bible sanctions 'righteous' lying.
Do You Really Believe That Your Body Is A Temple?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Apr 17 2008 08:26PM
Statistics tell us that worship of the body temple is deteriorating. The edifice is in terrible shape for a large segment of society, with signs of getting worse.
'The Last Lecture' teaches us that life trumps death
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Apr 10 2008 02:29AM
Delivering a 'sermon' on life and death to mourners is a daunting task.
'Spiritual Psychology' is going blog
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Apr 3 2008 02:31AM
At one time a 'blog' meant a muckraking expose from 'secret' sources. Today blogs are much more.
The Judas story still has traction. Why?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Mar 27 2008 01:10AM
I've always been puzzled that the Church has not condemned the accusation of anyone killing Jesus, be it Judas, Jews collectively, Pontius Pilate, or Romans collectively, other than the real perpetrator.
A good life defines a good death
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Mar 6 2008 01:57AM
He was adviser to the president of the United States, but today he was just a younger sibling mourning the death of his big brother.
Why the alarming rise in midlife suicides?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Feb 28 2008 01:42AM
It's long been known that midlife is a crisis point of great psychological stress.
'Going sane' with Dr. Jeffrey Rubin
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Feb 21 2008 01:09AM
'We are not crazy, but we are being driven insane, and not by a malevolent Dr. No.'
Saying yes to spirituality when you really mean no
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Feb 14 2008 01:36AM
There is simply no avoiding the fact that spirituality speaks to transcendent forces that traditional psychologies do not embrace, or may even consider pathological.
Faking spirituality with a spiritual glow
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Feb 7 2008 12:17AM
The near enemies of spirituality are practices that masquerade as spiritual but are actually ego-driven.
Spirituality and psychology: Marriage or friendly divorce?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jan 31 2008 01:04AM
Claims of complete knowledge or infallibility are barriers to genuine integration of spirituality and psychology.
Winking at immorality when it suits us
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jan 24 2008 02:38AM
We want to tear down records that violate 'natural ability.' Are we ready to tear down structures built on unnatural punishment and torture?
The psychology that pushes steroids
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jan 17 2008 01:57AM
Fierce competition, short careers, prospects of cuts at any moment, and the culture of winning-is-everything encourage players to do whatever it takes to 'make it.'
What is 'natural ability'?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jan 10 2008 02:01AM
It would be touching if this brouhaha about Barry Bonds were primarily about the baseball establishment's heartfelt concern for the health and well being of athletes.
If this is normal, I'll take abnormal
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jan 3 2008 02:17AM
Most people think nothing of staring at television for four hours a day. Yet they consider meditation to be odd and a waste of time.
We are a religious nation - or are we?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Dec 27 2007 01:30AM
Christianity, Judaism and Islam all call for their believers to do good deeds. How do Americans measure up?
Longevity: Our dream or our dread?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Dec 20 2007 12:18AM
We have achieved life extension with good health but have forgotten to attend to the support systems to ensure that a longer life is a meaningful and quality life.
Beware of the wish for immortality
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Dec 13 2007 02:41AM
The goddess Eos got Tithonus eternal life - but their love affair didn't have a fairy-tale ending.
Botox and ego
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Dec 6 2007 01:32AM
The ego may get you through the early years - more or less. But it runs out of gas in later life.
Laughing for health
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Nov 29 2007 01:05AM
Laughter exercises have the same health and emotional benefits as natural in vivo laughter.
Ego attachment begins with psychological birth
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Nov 22 2007 01:42AM
Psychological birth is a double-edged sword. We need it to function effectively in the manifest world, but at the same time it constructs a fierce ego attachment that becomes our default setting.
'The near enemies' within that hijack spirituality
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Nov 15 2007 12:21AM
Unmasking 'the near enemies' that masquerade as spirituality is vital to spiritual practice.
Is it time to discard the term 'spiritual'?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Nov 8 2007 12:35AM
Speaking to levels of consciousness can bring clarity and focus to discussions about spirituality - and can bypass the stereotypes.
Ego death vs. ego transcendence - your choice!
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Nov 1 2007 12:40AM
Coping with ego death parallels Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross' grief stages in the face of physical death - but adds another stage.
The spiritual crisis of aging
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Oct 25 2007 02:13AM
If age 30 or 40 terrorizes you, how will you stand up to 50, 70, or 90? The ego will not get you optimally through the 'third age' of life. What will, deserves serious attention.
Spirituality + psychology = a powerful duo
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Oct 18 2007 12:51AM
The chief divide between science and spirituality stems from the historic split between materialism (the world of the seen) and non-materialism (the world of the unseen). Scientific findings now challenge that dichotomy.
Ego: An object that cannot change
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Oct 11 2007 01:15AM
Analyze it, modify its behavior, or alter the beliefs of the ego object, but it remains basically the same fixed object - the tail cannot wag the dog.
To ego or not to ego, that's a question?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Oct 4 2007 01:20AM
Make no mistake about it, the difference between ego and spiritual consciousness is monumental!
If you saw the truth, would you go for it?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Sep 27 2007 12:51AM
Spiritual consciousness is readily available - it's the original factory-installed equipment.
Escaping the prison of the self
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Sep 20 2007 01:25AM
I repeatedly met people who made genuine transformations in their lives by embracing Eastern thought - greater than anything I had witnessed through traditional psychology and psychotherapy.
A Buddhist zendo with Jewish dharma
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Sep 13 2007 02:22AM
Dr. Brenda Shoshanna's artful fusion of Jewish and Zen practices offers a deep spiritual experience.
A rare miracle in the universe
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Sep 6 2007 01:04AM
You've won the biggest lottery ever - and you don't know it!
The genius of Merv Griffin
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Aug 16 2007 01:04AM
Merv's special quality of relating to his audience revealed the difference between great communicators and the wannabes.
Albert Ellis, icon of psychology
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Aug 9 2007 01:54AM
Albert Ellis disdained religion and spirituality, but his Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is spiritual at the core.
Technology is a spiritual issue
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Aug 2 2007 02:34AM
Marooned on the proverbial island, most of us couldn't rub two sticks together to make a fire.
Those who live in glass houses
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 26 2007 01:15AM
Accusing others of sexual misconduct often backfires on the accuser.
Rite of passage: Turn-on or turn-off?
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 19 2007 12:22AM
Having a rite of passage does not guarantee that you'll like your faith, stay in your faith or have any faith.
Alice's life after the Restaurant
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 12 2007 01:30AM
Four decades after starting the restaurant that inspired Arlo Guthrie's song and movie, Alice Brock returns to western Massachusetts as a successful artist.
A just and moral war
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jul 5 2007 01:44AM
We have a great debt and responsibility to the farmers and merchants who passed us a mighty baton.
'Sicko' may be the cure we need
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jun 28 2007 12:31AM
Michael Moore will hit the fan this weekend with the nationwide release of his documentary 'Sicko' - starkly revealing the messy and cruel side of our healthcare system.
Immigration and 'lifestyle impotence'
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jun 21 2007 02:31AM
Soon countries may fiercely compete for immigrants.
A nation of immigrants
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jun 14 2007 01:06AM
As we tire of the tired and the poor, are we in danger of losing our soul?
How to get free eldercare
Column: Spiritual Psychology
Jun 7 2007 02:05AM
Caring for precious antiques can be an imaginative solution for providing profit-making eldercare.
'No nursing home for me'
Column: Spiritual Psychology
May 31 2007 01:42AM
With this imaginative answer to eldercare, you literally can cruise into the sunset for the golden years for less than the cost of a nursing home.
Two people, two genocides, one story
Column: Spiritual Psychology
May 24 2007 01:08AM
She's black, Christian and a young woman from Africa; he's white, Jewish and a senior originally from Poland. Two genocides 60 years apart bring them together.
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