Sacred Mirror Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy

by Prendergast, John J.; Fenner, Peter; Krystal, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9781557788245
• ISBN10: 1557788243
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Paragon House

Summary

How is modern psychotherapy impacted when it is approached from the presence and understanding of the unconditioned mind? What happens when therapists are able to function as a sacred mirror for their clients' essential nature, reflecting back not only the contents of awarenessùthoughts, feelings and sensationsùbut awareness itself? Informed by their direct experience as well as by nondual teachings from both eastern and western wisdom traditions, the authors take a fresh look at what psychotherapy can be. These seminal essays will challenge and inspire readers to approach psychotherapy in a new wayùas a potential portal for experiencing their deepest nature as free and joyful beings.Seasoned clinicians, Dan Berkow, Stephan Bodian, Dorothy Hunt, Sheila Krystal, Lynn Marie Lumiere, Richard Miller, John Prendergast, John Welwood, Jennifer Welwood and Bryan Wittine, and innovative western spiritual teachers, Adyashanti and Peter Fenner, explore critical issues at the interface of psychology and spirituality from a nondual perspective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
1. Introduction	1	(22)
John J. Prendergast
2. Nonduality and Therapy: Awakening the Unconditioned Mind	23	(34)
Peter Fenner
3. Love Returning for Itself	57	(32)
Adyashanti
4. The Sacred Mirror: Being Together	89	(27)
John J. Prendergast
5. A Nondual Approach To EMDR: Psychotherapy as Satsang	116	(22)
Sheila Krystal
6. Double Vision: Duality and Nonduality in Human Experience	138	(26)
John Welwood
7. Being Intimate with What Is: Healing the Pain of Separation	164	(21)
Dorothy Hunt
8. A Psychology of No-thingness: Seeing Through the Projected Self	185	(24)
Dan Berkow
9. Welcoming All That Is: Nonduality, Yoga Nidra, and the Play of Opposites in Psychotherapy	209	(20)
Richard Miller
10. Deconstructing the Self: The Uses of Inquiry in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Practice	229	(20)
Stephan Bodian
11. Healing Trauma in the Eternal Now	249	(19)
Lynn Marie Lumiere
12. Jungian Analysis and Nondual Wisdom	268	(22)
Bryan Wittine
13. Dancing with Form and Emptiness in Intimate Relationship	290	(13)
Jennifer Welwood
Selected Bibliography	303	(6)
About the Contributors	309	(8)
Index	317