Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon walks through the five spiritual interpretations of pain: Pain as punishment, as opportunity for transcendence, as test or competition, as atonement, and as gaining or retaining control. He then goes on to describe the difference between pain and suffering and elucidates the spiritual content of the latter.
Choreographer Pina Bausch and Incarnation
Choreographer Pina Bausch and Incarnation
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon explores the mysticism of dance in this fascinating essay on Pina Bausch.
Binocular Vision and Seeing God
Binocular Vision and Seeing God
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon looks at some recent cognitive research into depth cues and connects it to traditional Jewish concepts of vision and spirituality.
Sanity, Pain, and Language
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon explores Step 2 in the 10 step recovery paradigm and draws some interesting connections to Jung, pain management, and spirituality.
Road Maps to Spirituality
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon discusses the ancient art of cartography and asks what map might be appropriate for the spirituality of our post-Holocaust world.
Uman 2007
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon narrates his triumphant return to Uman.
This Bloody Pain
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon reflects on the meaning of pain six months after his near-fatal car accident.
The Spirituality of Pain and Suffering
The Spirituality of Pain and Suffering
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon explores the interfaces between culture, spirituality, and the body in this compelling essay.
Whispering to Fetuses
In this essay, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon explores the themes of free will and determinism and elucidates the spiritual significance of these seemingly incompatible concepts.
Listening to the Whispers
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon meditates on the art of listening in this theologically charged essay.
Graduation From The School of Near-Death Experiences
Graduation From the School of Near Death Experiences
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues the slow path to recovery and reflects on the ways in which the accident has changed his life.
Acceptance
As Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon recovers from his terrible car accident, he reflects on his life.
Reflections on my Accident and Post Rupture
Reflections on my Accident and Post Rupture
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon narrates the dramatic events that left him in the ER and discusses what this brush with death means to him.
Measuring The Quality of Pain
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon hypothesizes a new tool for measuring the quality of pain.
Understanding Your Pain
In this comprehensive essay, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon elucidates the different ways in which the body produces pain and then moves on to explain the techniques available to patients for controlling and mitigating pain, along with a brief exploration of the spirituality of pain.
The Metaphor of the Genome
Exploring Esoteric Models of Healing
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon begins this illuminating essay by explaining the molecular biology of genes and then moves into a meditation on the metaphoric significance of coding and decoding and its relevance to the doctor-patient relationship.
You Have Been Chosen
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon addresses his patients and asserts that the baggage of suffering that comes with disease is no accident.
Healing The Split
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon makes a pledge to his patients about what kind of physician he aspires to be.
Letter: The Mystical Side of Judaism
Letter: The Mystical Side of Judaism
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon elucidates the mystical side of Judaism and discusses the role that it played in his own personal healing on three levels:
1. The historical
2. The phenomenological
3. The personal existential
Re-reading Illness
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon posits a fascinating analogy between patients and texts in this must-read essay.