Table of Contents
Preface
1. Chasing Two Rabbits?
Comparing the Disciplines The Starting Points Some Obstacles Integrating and Pointing
2. East Meets West
The History of East Meeting West A Progression of Selfobject Relationships Historical Themes Historical Themes of the Individual Self
3. Self and No-Self
The Self/No-Self Controversy Facets of Selfhood The No-Self as Observing Self No-Self as Spontaneity and Unity The Developmental Path to No-Self Oscillations Between Self and No-Self Interpenetration of Self and No-Self Interpenetration of Self and Object
4. Paradox
The Meanings of Paradox Entering the Paradox Paradoxes Within and Between Beyond Within and Between The Paradox of the Willing Self
5. Grasping Reality: Words, Images, Things
The Representational Systems The Word Imaging and Un-Imaging the Self Enacting the Inner Meaning Grasping the Thing
6. Meditative Consciousness
The Intrapsychic Mechanisms and Types of Meditation The Liabilities of Meditation The Therapeutics of Meditation The Clinician's Contemplative Experience Meditation in Life Context Epistemological Approaches
7. Students, Teachers, and Their Relationships
Hidden Motives of the Student The Student's Strengths The Teacher: Quirks, Pathology, and Crazy Wisdom The Student-Teacher Relationship
8. The Therapist as Warrior
Psychotherapy as Martial Art The Warrior Philosophy The Pursuit of Self-Awareness Aggression Basic Martial Concepts and Psychotherapy The Dynamics of Soft and Hard Techniques Participating in Transcendent Realms
9. Tai Chi Images: The Tao of Psychotherapy
The Tai Chi System The Secrets of the Swimming Fish The Trigram Images and Attributes Trigram Structures and Relationships The Tao of Psychological Transformations
10. Vision Quest
The Vision Quest Concept Wandering: Free Association and Destructuring Signs and Visions Individual and Union Vicissitudes of the Vision Quest
Conclusion: The Future of An Allusion
References
Indexes
