Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy

If you are serious about this subject, you should study the Buddhist texts, from Nagarjuna (Madyamaka Sutras) through Rinzai (and all of the original Zen texts, especially from 560-800 China).

In the West, you could try reading Heidegger (Conversations on a Country Path) or Schopenhauer (on Will).

These should be a good starting place in terms of readings and thinking.

Of course, if you are REALLY serious about this subject, then there is no substitute for embrassing emptiness through direct experiential meditation. Just sit and feel the breath, see the light, hear the sounds - and whenever a thought, desire or fear arises, let it go (no matter how intriguing it may be) and return to absorbing yourself in simple sensation that is occuring.

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Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Jon Simonsen, 3/26/00 Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Dave BIrren, 03/01/02 Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Meditator, 03/10/02 Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Dave Birren, 03/15/02 Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Meditator, 03/17/02 Re: No-thing-ness in psychotherapy, by Dave Birren, 03/18/02

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