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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162768103321

Autore

Barnea-Astrog Michal

Titolo

Carved by experience : Vipassana, psychoanalysis, and the mind investigating itself / / Michal Barnea-Astrog

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-91171-8

0-429-89748-0

0-429-47271-4

1-78241-575-0

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 pages)

Disciplina

616.8917

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Carved by Experience is a close look through psychoanalysis and Buddhism into the mind's most basic conditioning: to crave the pleasant and reject the unpleasant. Drawing upon the rich literature concerning projective mechanisms, Buddhist concepts such as kamma (karma) and conditioned arising, personal stories, and real-life situations, the book follows the manner in which this conditioning takes part in the way we experience reality, perceive it, and react to it. It explores the self-reinforcing habitual patterns formed by this conditioning, and the way they are reproduced across various relationships and situations, thus building our own virtual realities and personal prisons. But the discussion soon transcends the seemingly fixed boundaries of the individual mind. It reveals their fluid and relative nature, and shows how mental pain spills out of the psyche into the interpersonal sphere, where it affects the minds of others. While addressing these issues, the book examined the special role of body sensations in the complex fabric of the human mind, and the manner in which Vipassana meditation harnesses this aspect of experience for the sake of investigating suffering and untangling it. All along, the existential paradox that we humans are subject to emerges, namely,



that we have no other instrument for studying ourselves but our own shrouded minds; and it is only through those very minds that we can subvert the subjective point of view that obstructs them, unravel the conditionings in which we are captured, and break the vicious circle of producing misery and spreading it.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156224103321

Autore

Gray Cecilia

Titolo

Fall For You

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gray Life, LLC

ISBN

1-938268-00-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Lizzie knows Dante is a snob with a gift for pressing her buttons, and it's obvious to her that Dante thinks he's way too good for the Academy. But things are changing fast this year, and when Lizzie's quest to stop those changes blows up in her face, taking her oldest friendship with it, she has nowhere else to turn but to Dante, with his killer blue eyes, his crazy-sexy smile, and his secrets... Secrets Lizzie can't seem to leave alone, no matter how hard she tries...PRAISE FOR THE JANE AUSTEN ACADEMYEngaging characters, a gentle romance, budding friendships, and a payoff that is incredibly rewarding. --Indie JaneCute. Adorable. Genius. Amazing. I'm running out of synonyms... I loved all the friendships! Girl power! --Monique Morris, Goodreads***ABOUT THE JANE AUSTEN ACADEMY SERIESDive into the fabulous, fun lives of six Academy girls as their friendships are tested, torn, and ultimately triumph...The last thing that the girls at the elite Jane Austen Academy need is hot guys to flirt with. But over the summer the school has been sold, and like it or not, the guys are coming. And it's about to turn the Academy--and the lives of its



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