{"id":5418,"date":"2013-07-17T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T19:22:30","slug":"inner-worlds-cultural-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/17\/inner-worlds-cultural-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Sadhguru: Comparing Cultural Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a homeless<\/a> person, Adam joins thousands of individuals on the street who have ended up there because of mental disturbances.\u00a0 It has been estimated that 6% of the U.S. population<\/a> suffers from some form of severe mental illness and that up to 25% of the homeless population<\/a> suffers from mental illness.\u00a0 What is it about our culture that makes it so difficult to find effective support for an individual going through an experience like Adam had?<\/p>\n

In our last post\u00a0Rachel<\/a> mentions how western culture is so focused on a thriving economy that we have a hard time with the idea that we are connected and affected by a universal consciousness. She also made the good point that when someone like Adam has an undeniable urge to explore that idea, our society is not set up to accept the time and resources that journey could require.<\/p>\n

I have been interviewing psychiatrists, cultural historians and spiritual leaders who have either had personal experience with or knowledge of episodes similar to Adam\u2019s.<\/p>\n