Psychopathology is (i) an expression and (ii) a study of maladaptive dysregulation (dis-order, impairment) of one’s BODY (biophysical functions, appearance, behavior) and EXPERIENCE (sensations, affects, awareness, ideation), in a PERSON among others, across multiple LOCATIONs. It is (i) subjectively experienced and represented in one’s consciousness as symptoms; (ii) observed and…
The world is the totality of facts, not of things. (L. Wittgenstein) Tractatus notwithstanding, reality (world) is neither things nor facts but rather the totality of events and relations. Event is any change in the physical world. Relation is how events interact. Three types of events are pertinent to the…
The PERSON is how one “exists”, outside of one’s body, in the consciousness of others. It is the totality of markers (names, labels, signifiers, attributes, descriptors, signs) used to refer (point) to, denote and describe a particular individual and her / his life. It is how one is (i) recognized,…
LOCATION is a progression of points in space-time marked by a trajectory of its coordinates. It is a spatiotemporal representation (memory, map, record) of all specific locations of one’s body since its conception to the present moment. Human beings have evolved to experience and construe LOCATION relative to the surface…
Sum, ergo cogito.
In reversing Descartes’ dictum we acknowledge that, in most respects, it is being (existing) that makes experience (cognition) possible.
I am therefore I experience.
Uniqueness is a fundamental constitutive attribute of being and being human. Beings and things (objects) “exist” and manifest as such to the extent they are distinct and different in relation to each other. Uniqueness is, essentially, about (the question of) how one “is” as a human being among others.
Buddhism liberates, offers a glimpse into the absolute, a sense of transcendence in the realization of fundamental emptiness, realization of the emptiness of the present moment, the emptiness of existence and mind, psychotherapy gives one skills to unlock the mind, to diagnose the symptoms, unearth their causes and to heal them.
Psychology, psychoanalysis and Buddhism are three distinct and yet inextricably interwoven traditions, each of them defined by their unique endeavor to grasp the nature of the mind, to alleviate human suffering and to enhance capacity for wellbeing, happiness, generativity, love and compassion.
(…..Waiting for American Dogen ) Buddhas usually appear as “this very moment”, however perceived or defined. Being always “just that…..” Buddhas may or may not be perceived as Buddhas by others, nevertheless, they always continue being Buddhas just as they are. However, since the “as they are” is inherently empty…