Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation [B1666]

2000 PB in nice clean condition. A guide to understanding the relationship between Western psychology and the contemplative spirituality of the East-and how one's spiritual journey can be enriched by both. How can we connect the spiritual realizations of Buddhism with the psychological insights of the West? In Toward a Psychology of Awakening John Welwood addresses this question with comprehensiveness and depth, building on his innovative psychospiritual approach to health, healing, and spirituality. He covers the following topics: What can the spiritual methodologies of the East teach us about psychological health? What issues arise when the recognition of our larger nature challenges our very conception of individual self? What new directions become possible when psychological work is undertaken in a spiritual context? How does Western psychological understanding affect our approach to spirituality?

Welwood's psychology of awakening brings together three major dimensions of human existence: personal, interpersonal, and suprapersonal in one overall framework of understanding and practice.

From recent-ish Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "One profound insight after the other. Every paragraph contained many insights. I am learning so much from this wonderful book!"; "Not an easy read for me. It took me months to finish. Welwood's writing is quite academic, but I felt it was worth sticking with. Welwood values psychotherapy deeply, but he sees its full potential only when it's integrated with spiritual wisdom. That integrated approach is what he's advocating throughout the book."; "Yeah this is wonderful. Clear exposition of how the vertical ego-transcending approach of Eastern spiritual practice can intermingle with the horizontal ego-developing approach of Western psychology. Reconfirms all my beliefs about the core of healing being turning TOWARD the wound to understand where the wisdom lies in it. Will definitely return to this later to run through the many many passages I underlined."; "Yes, this book at times required, what felt like, more than 100% of my brains capacity but the ideas and lessons learned here were well worth it. Eastern and Western psychology can really truly put us on a path of awakening. I loved the final part on 'The Awakening Power of Relationships'."