(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, June 8, 2013) I have missed posting my blog for the past two to three weeks as a result of fracturing my pelvis on a paddle board, celebrating my 80th, and then pneumonia the following week. These experiences sidelined the posting of and discussion of the second question that I ask patients to
(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, May 15, 2013) “Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” by Rumi For the past ten years, I have worked as a Psychosocial Oncologist at the San Diego Cancer Center, now under the aegis of the University of California San Diego Health Systems. My joy involves empowering individuals through their course
(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, May 9, 2013) In 1978, my friend and teacher, Brugh Joy, invited me to participate with eleven other individual in Tahoe, California, for a week of group meditation and fasting. Simply put, it was intense. The last night, I had an amazing dream; I believe it to be a collective dream. I have
(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, April 27, 2013) Years ago I read the book, In Search of the Miraculous, by P.D. Ouspensky. He wrote about the teachings of a Philosopher/ Psychologist, G.I. Gurdjieff. What impacted me the most about Gurdjieff’s work was his awareness of how addicted we are to the familiar and the insanity of our minds.
(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, April 11, 2013) “The mind is both a healer and a slayer.” Kenneth R. Pelletier M.D., PhD. I have been a Physician for over fifty years. Presently, I am a Psychosocial Oncologist at the UCSD Health Systems San Diego Cancer Center, where I sit with my “patient-teachers” who have taught me about the
(Original Post from Dr. Brenner’s personal Blog, April 3, 2013) For the past ten years, I have served as a Psychosocial Oncologist at the UCSD Health Systems/San Diego Cancer Center. I have found that the childhood emotional pain of cancer patients is most often similar to that of their parents. Recently, in rodent studies, it has been found that early
The field of Epigenetics potentially offers individuals medical and non-medical therapies for the treatment and prevention of illnesses. Epigenetics is the study of those environmental forces that affect the expression of genes. This new field of science can empower individuals to become actively involved in their own healthcare by learning how to control the mind’s negative emotional patterns. The mind’s
(This is the last of the lost blog entries for Dr. Brenner’s Musings for the last days of the year. We do intend to start republishing his older works in time, but for now please enjoy this original aphorism from our beloved Paul Brenner.) What if our evolutionary future is to become Robots? This would entail becoming Non-Personal life forms
(This blog was originally written in 2019 by Dr. Brenner but was lost to our archives, until recently. We are so proud to share his words of wisdom and love that persist even after he has passed on to the next big adventure.) My years at the San Diego Cancer Center became a seminar in suffering. Suffering is not medically
(Though no longer here in person, Dr. Brenner is still here in spirit. Please enjoy this lovely musing he shared with us.) The mind can stimulate the brain to produce neuropeptides and hormones. These chemicals, aptly called, ‘molecules of emotions’ by Candace Pert, are the creator of ‘our feelings.’ We then label these strong feelings as good, bad, pain, fear,