Tag: psychology
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Self, Spirituality, and Zen – Journey of the Ox-Tamer
The concept of ‘self’ is as woolly as that of ‘spirituality’. Yet today’s Western spirituality seeker must come to grips with both because now he’s so psychologically oriented, the ‘self’ is the centre of his ‘spirituality’.[i] While both mystics and psychologically oriented spirituality seekers often speak in terms of ‘transcending the self’, I suggest they…
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“Know Thyself” but then what?
Inscribed over the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi is the ancient Greek aphorism “Know thyself”. Certainly good advice. But before we can follow it, we need to dig deeper into the nature of the ‘self’ that we wish to know. This is harder than you think. In the West there is no…