- Uniqueness of the BodyUniqueness (of being) is about (the question of) how individuality (distinctiveness / irreplicability) of each human being functions in everyday life and in psychopathology. It is about how singular bodies and minds generate unique flows of internal biocognitive states, subjective experience and observable behaviors and then project them onto each other to be marked as…
- Buddhism and Postmodern PsychotherapyBuddhism 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. Buddhism’s “suffering” (duhkha) manifests…
- Psychology, Psychoanalysis, BuddhismPsychology, 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. Understanding the nature and functioning of the human mind and the self are…
- American Maitreya Buddha(…..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 and not any fixed entity,…