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Close Encounters of a New Kind: Toward an Integration of Psychoanalysis and Buddhism

Close Encounters of a New Kind: Toward an Integration of Psychoanalysis and Buddhism The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 1, 1999 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A NEW KIND: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND BUDDHISM Jeffrey B. Rubin The relationship between psychoanalysis and Eastern meditative disci- plines has intrigued me for many years. I have immersed myself in both disciplines since the late 1970s in the hope of ascertaining what light they might shed on the art of living. Judiciously integrating them can open up new vistas that might ultimately enrich our lives and the lives of the people in pain with whom we work. Imagine the following scenario. A person is in a room with a minimum of sensory stimulations and distractions. She is still, alert, and relaxed. Her eyes are closed. She pays careful attention to whatever she experiences moment after moment.... I could be describing an analysand in psycho- analytic treatment. In this particular instance I am actually depicting a per- son meditating. What I hope to do in this paper is interest you in the possi- bility that experience on the meditative cushion might enrich experience in the psychoanalytic consulting room and experience in the psychoanalytic consulting room might aid experience on the meditative cushion. An increasing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Close Encounters of a New Kind: Toward an Integration of Psychoanalysis and Buddhism

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1023/A:1021436704327
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 1, 1999 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A NEW KIND: TOWARD AN INTEGRATION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND BUDDHISM Jeffrey B. Rubin The relationship between psychoanalysis and Eastern meditative disci- plines has intrigued me for many years. I have immersed myself in both disciplines since the late 1970s in the hope of ascertaining what light they might shed on the art of living. Judiciously integrating them can open up new vistas that might ultimately enrich our lives and the lives of the people in pain with whom we work. Imagine the following scenario. A person is in a room with a minimum of sensory stimulations and distractions. She is still, alert, and relaxed. Her eyes are closed. She pays careful attention to whatever she experiences moment after moment.... I could be describing an analysand in psycho- analytic treatment. In this particular instance I am actually depicting a per- son meditating. What I hope to do in this paper is interest you in the possi- bility that experience on the meditative cushion might enrich experience in the psychoanalytic consulting room and experience in the psychoanalytic consulting room might aid experience on the meditative cushion. An increasing

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Published: Oct 14, 2004

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