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psychotherapy east and west

This book explores the differences and similarities in psychotherapy approaches and techniques between Eastern and Western societies. It examines the historical, cultural, and philosophical foundations of these practices, offering insights into how therapy is understood and applied in different cultural contexts. more

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Alan W. Watts

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“The point is not that one stops choosing, but that one chooses in the knowledge that there is really no choice. [...] It is simply that in a universe of relativity, all choosing, all taking of sides, is playful. But this is not that one feels no urgency. To know the relativity of light and darkness is not to be able to gaze unblinkingly into the sun; to know the relativity of up and down is not to be able to fall upward. To feel urgency without compulsion is the seemingly paradoxical way of describing what it is like for a feeling to arise spontaneously without its happening to a feeler.”

“Every time the mind wanders away from the awareness of the breath, notice that it has wandered and bring your awareness back to the breath. This can be likened to a rep in the gym—every time you bring your mind back, you are building your "muscle" of attention.”