This dissertation explores the role of present-moment awareness in psychological healing and transformation through the lens of non-dual contemplative practice and its intersection with psychotherapy.
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The implications are clear: to feel present you have to know where you are and be aware of what is going on with you. If the self-sensing system breaks down we need to find ways to reactivate it.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
"Through the act of acknowledgment of some heretofore disowned aspect of the self, a subtle but distinct shift in identification occurs. Before such acknowledgment, you were blind to the destructive aspects, which indicated that you believed them to be you. Hence you could not afford to acknowledge them. . . . But the moment you acknowledge th
... See moreEva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
The experience of unconditioned awareness takes us outside the cycle of reactive responses and emotions by connecting us with the nature of our mind as pure, contentless, unstructured awareness. We’re at home with ourselves in a totally natural and uncontrived way.