Beth Jacobs is a clinical psychologist in private practice and a former faculty member of the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. She is also a teacher in the Soto Zen tradition and incorporates Buddhist studies and meditation into her work as both a psychologist and a writer.  

In this episode, Eric and Beth discuss her book,  The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life

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In This Interview, Beth Jacobs and I Discuss Original Buddhist Psychology and …

• Her book, The Original Buddhist Psychology: What the Abhidharma Tells Us about How We Think, Feel, and Experience Life
• Abhidharma is the structural layout of the Buddha’s original vision of the universe
• Understanding the complex laws of how forces move together in the universe
• The entity of “me” exists from the arbitrary framework we create for ourselves
• The 5 skandhas are what is used to construct our reality: form, feelings, perceptions, habit formations, consciousnesses
• Neuropsychology and the 17 steps of perception
• Interdependent origination is the idea that everything is in motion and connected
• How consciousness is just an interaction
• The various lists of lists in the Abhidharma
• Energy, mindfulness, and investigation 
• The idea of gently removing our obstructions
• Writing and meditation as powerful tools for awakening

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