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Self and No-Self This collection explores the growing interface between Eastern and Western concepts of what it is to be human from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist perspectives. The relationship between these different approaches has been discussed for decades, with each discipline inviting its followers to explore the depths of the psyche and confront the sometimes difficult psychological experiences which can emerge during any in-depth exploration of mental processes. Self and No-Self considers topics discussed at the Self and No-Self conference in Kyoto, Japan in 2006. International experts from practical and theoretical back- grounds compare and contrast Buddhist and psychological traditions, providing a fresh insight on the relationship between the two. Areas covered include: (cid:127) the concept of self (cid:127) Buddhist theory and practice (cid:127) psychotherapeutic theory and practice (cid:127) mysticism and spirituality (cid:127) myth and fairy tale. This book explains how a Buddhist approach can be integrated into the clinical setting and will interest seasoned practitioners and theoreticians from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist backgrounds, as well as novices in these fields. Dale Mathers is a Jungian analyst in London. He directed the Student Counselling Service at the London School of Economics and attends the Theravada class at the Buddhist Society, London. Melvin E. Miller is Professor of Psychology and Director of Doctoral Training at Norwich University, Vermont, USA and has twice been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School. He has a private psychoanalytic practice. Osamu Ando is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Hanazono University and President of the Japanese Association for Transpersonal Psychology/Psychiatry. Page Intentionally Left Blank Self and No-Self Continuing the dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy Edited by Dale Mathers, Melvin E. Miller and Osamu Ando First published 2009 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business © 2009 selection and editorial matter, Dale Mathers, Melvin E. Miller and Osamu Ando; individual chapters, the contributors Typeset in Times by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall Paperback cover design by Gerald Myers Paperback cover illustration by Aaron Miller All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. This publication has been produced with paper manufactured to strict environmental standards and with pulp derived from sustainable forests. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Self and no-self: continuing the dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy / edited by Dale Mathers, Melvin E. Miller & Osamu Ando. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Buddhism and psychoanalysis. I. Mathers, Dale, 1955– II. Miller, Melvin E. III. Ando, Osamu. BQ4570.P755S46 2009 294.3′36150195—dc22 2008036259 ISBN: 978–0–415–43605–2 (hbk) ISBN: 978–0–415–43606–9 (pbk) To our dharma teachers Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents List of figures x List of contributors xi Acknowledgements and permissions xv PART I Introduction 1 1 Buddhism and psychotherapy: a dialogue 3 MELVIN E. MILLER 2 Psychotherapy and Buddhism: a psychological consideration of key points of contact 8 OSAMU ANDO 3 Two arrows meeting in mid-air 19 ROBERT JINGEN GUNN PART II Buddhist theory and practice 25 4 Desire and the self: reflections on J. M. Coetzee’s Slow Man 27 BARRY MAGID 5 On ‘Zen and “Amaeru”’: a psychological approach to Zen 38 SODO YASUNAGA ROSHI 6 The ego in the psychology of Zen: understanding reports of Japanese Zen Masters on the experience of no-self 45 REGGIE PAWLE viii Contents PART III Bridges 57 7 Our ordinary sense of self: different aspects of ‘no-self’ during states of absorption and kensho 59 JAMES H. AUSTIN 8 Similarities, differences and implications in the patient–analyst and student–spiritual teacher relationship 66 STANLEY G. PERELMAN PART IV Psychotherapy theory 77 9 No-Self and the emptying God: dwelling in the emptying place 79 MELVIN E. MILLER 10 Empty rowboats: no-blame and other therapeutic effects of no-self in long-term psychotherapy and psychoanalysis 92 POLLY YOUNG-EISENDRATH 11 Anxiety, struggle, and egoic process 100 BRUCE C. TIFT PART V Psychotherapy practice 107 12 Polarity processing: Self/No-Self, the Transcendent Function, and wholeness 109 DEON VAN ZYL 13 Stop running 121 DALE MATHERS 14 Mindfulness and the technology of healing: lessons from Western practice 132 CHRIS MACE 15 Dying to be born: Transformative Surrender within analytical psychology from a clinician’s perspective 143 GORDON WALLACE Contents ix PART VI Mysticism and spirituality 153 16 The experience of self in Zen and Christian mysticism 155 DAISUKE SHIMIZU 17 Self/No-Self in the therapeutic dialogue according to Martin Buber’s dialogue philosophy 165 TAMAR KRON 18 Muso¯ Soseki (1275–1351): the development of Zen culture out of conflicts 175 SHOJI MURAMOTO PART VII Myth and fairy tale 187 19 The image of Mahavairocana-tatha-gata emerging from the therapist at a crucial point in therapy 189 KONOYU NAKAMURA 20 The healing properties of a fairy tale 198 DAVID L. HART 21 Breaking the spells of self: how insights from fairy tales and Buddhist psychology can be applied in therapeutic practice 206 JAMES MATHEWS GRANT PART VIII Re-introduction 215 22 Oscillations: reload 217 PAUL C. COOPER Index 231
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