Some Thoughts Stimulated by reading Jacob L Moreno
Stage
The stage is open on every side. Above it is the spirit of creativity that may descend upon us at any time. Below is the bottomless pit of shadows from which we may winch up, as from a well, th
Buddhist Psychology
Buddhist psychology is the analysis of delusion. Where Buddhist practice is either an effort to reach enlightenment, a celebration of enlightenment or an expression of the enlightened state, Buddhist psychology is an examination o
Dharma
So far we have just talked about rupa and lakshana. the term dharma refers to things as they actually are - from their own side, as it were. So one’s father, from his own side, is not at all the person that the child is likely to see him as. T
Today the ITZI Support Group discussed the theme "The Wounded Healer"
Points that came up included
Resonance is the transmission of a vibration from one body to another. Bodies are so constituted as to be amenable to vibrating in distinctive ways. Thus, soldiers crossing a metal bridge are generally commanded to break step while on the bridge beca
Read more…I was recently reviewing the work of one of my students and she brought my attention to a body of literature on research into bereavement counselling. The general drift of the findings suggested that bereavement counselling is ineffective and can ev
Read more…[The following flows from a discussion that we had recently on ITZI Supprt Zoom]
What follows below is quite condensed yet by no means exhaustive. The methods are as innumerable as the cases and the amount that can be said about right view is similar
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Shakespeare asked this question, commenting “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This is spoken by Juliet in the play Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is lamenting the fact that the Romeo she loves is a Montague, the family that her own Capulet f
TRANSFORMATION IS ABRUPT
Transformation of the human mind occurs abruptly. If one discovers that a person one had always regarded as a friend has betrayed one, one's view and feeling change immediately. One's sense of security in the world is impacte
Read more…I've been rereading Freud's Mourning and Melancholia, an essay that he wrote round about the time of the start of the First World War. I wrote these notes to sort it out in my own mind, but you might find them helpful.
Oceanic Oneness
In Freud’s theor
It is interesting how memory and experience work. Yesterday morning I was sitting in a classroom for the first time in a long while. I am taking some lessons in Italian language. One of the first things that I remarked was how reticent people were at
Read more…i have been reading a relatively new book about Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker and just how important sleep is to all parts of our body. It can reduce the chance of cancer, heart disease, dementia, depression and obesity, and it can help improve memo
Read more…Publicado por David Brazier el 31 de marzo de 2017 en el grupo “Therapeutae”
Hace poco, conversando con alguien, salió el tema de la transparencia. Hay dos contextos en los que esta idea está de actualidad: el político y el psicológico. En política e
Read more…I was recently engaged in a conversation in which the issue of "transparency" came up. There are two contexts in which this idea mainly has currency these days - political and psychological. In politics there is much concern about corruption and it i
Read more…Esta es una traducción del artículo de David. Quizá pueda ayudar a aquellos que nos resulta más difícil leer en inglés:)
SKANDHAS, KELLY Y VICO
El término “ego” no aparece en los textos budistas, pero resulta útil para expresar muchas de sus idea
Read more…An interesting quote:
Read more…There is no mystery to happiness.
Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn - or worse, indifference - cleaves to them, or th
The term ego does not occur in Buddhist texts but it is a useful shorthand for many Buddhist ideas. What does occur is the notion of the skandhas. These are rupa (riveting or iconic appearance), vedana (response thereto), samjna (the resulting trance
Read more…Tara the cat drinks water. However, if I put her water bowl next to her food, she ignores it. However, if I put it on the kitchen table among other things, she jumps up and drinks it. She's not stupid. How about humans?
En español
Tara, mi gata, bebe
Read more…In my Principles Against Common Fallacies
7. Spiritual maturity requires a sense of separation.
These days there is a great emphasis in spiritual teachings upon interconnectedness. These ideas have some sense, but should not be taken too far. Separat
Read more…Faith evidently plays a significant part in psychotherapy. Whatever school one follows, the 'therapeutic alliance' is important. In some forms of therapy it is virtully the be-al-and-end-all of the work. Such an alliance rests upon the faith that the
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