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#209 — A Good Life

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Stink of the New Age on Psychology

Psychology is trying to distinguish itself from, you know, self help. And i just wonder if that has part to do with it as well. The explicit religious and eastern influence on humanistic psychology. People like maslow were influenced by teachers like christian murti,. or buddhist writers like allan watts and the wod brain trust. For this movement in positive psychology, before it called itself positive, would often meet at places like eslan institute - a hub for the new age....

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