http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/hello-darkness-discovering-our-values-by-confronting-our-fears/ Recovery From Destructive Habits Using Modern Psychology & Buddhist Philosophy Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:40:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/hello-darkness-discovering-our-values-by-confronting-our-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Carol MacGregor Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:50:27 +0000 http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/?p=741#comment-145 So much here! I will keep going back to this article for several days. Dense text takes time to absorb. So much here! I will keep going back to this article for several days. Dense text takes time to absorb.

]]> http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/hello-darkness-discovering-our-values-by-confronting-our-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-141 isabella mori (@moritherapy) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:43:26 +0000 http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/?p=741#comment-141 i included this in my monthly buddhist readings here http://www.moritherapy.org/article/august-2010-buddhist-carnival-right-action/. it would be interesting to see your opinions on the other articles! i included this in my monthly buddhist readings here http://www.moritherapy.org/article/august-2010-buddhist-carnival-right-action/. it would be interesting to see your opinions on the other articles!

]]> http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/hello-darkness-discovering-our-values-by-confronting-our-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-140 august 2010 buddhist carnival: right action Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:44:12 +0000 http://blog.thesmartbuddhist.com/?p=741#comment-140 [...] the smart buddhist, written by a therapist, has all kinds of choice morsels on offer. here he touches on a sensitive point for me, the idea of being value neutral as a therapist: the experience of living in the present, paradoxically, can tempt us into experiential avoidance all over again, just in a new form. it’s quite possible to trade escape from the now for escape into the now. the recent enthusiasm for mindfulness and acceptance in the west needs to be channeled properly or we risk creating just another form of western self-indulgence. by themselves, mindfulness methods as they’re often used in western psychotherapy don’t give sufficient attention to the organizing influence of purpose in human life. in the spiritual traditions from which such practices were drawn, “right action” is specified through ethical principles. but western therapists are encouraged to take a value-neutral professional stance, and not direct our clients to any particular belief or “right action” enjoined by a religious or spiritual tradition. nevertheless, we still can help our clients gain access to their deepest aspirations and turn a life lived in the present moment into a life worth living. [...] [...] the smart buddhist, written by a therapist, has all kinds of choice morsels on offer. here he touches on a sensitive point for me, the idea of being value neutral as a therapist: the experience of living in the present, paradoxically, can tempt us into experiential avoidance all over again, just in a new form. it’s quite possible to trade escape from the now for escape into the now. the recent enthusiasm for mindfulness and acceptance in the west needs to be channeled properly or we risk creating just another form of western self-indulgence. by themselves, mindfulness methods as they’re often used in western psychotherapy don’t give sufficient attention to the organizing influence of purpose in human life. in the spiritual traditions from which such practices were drawn, “right action” is specified through ethical principles. but western therapists are encouraged to take a value-neutral professional stance, and not direct our clients to any particular belief or “right action” enjoined by a religious or spiritual tradition. nevertheless, we still can help our clients gain access to their deepest aspirations and turn a life lived in the present moment into a life worth living. [...]

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