The Imperfect Buddha Podcast

101 Contemplative, Existential Psychotherapy and Dzogchen

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Feb 28, 2023
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INSIGHT

Entranced in Consensus Reality

  • We often get lost in a reified reality, oblivious to our role in creating it.
  • We chase fleeting desires, unaware of our true, subjective nature.
INSIGHT

Contemplative Existential Psychology

  • Contemplative existential psychotherapy emphasizes felt experience over conceptual understanding.
  • It uses contemplative practices to access a less concept-bound awareness.
ANECDOTE

From Philosophy to Buddhism

  • Ken Bradford shared an experience at a psychology conference where he admitted his reliance on Buddhist practice.
  • Years later, he uses Buddhist concepts to explain Western philosophy due to Buddhism's wider understanding.
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