In western culture you have to coin new words, new concepts,
new theories to be recognized.
The need for recognition
is neurotic motivation. Westerners always try to return
to a ‘conceptual prison’ (William Barrett 1956) as soon
as they see the truth or reality.
At this point it seems to be relevant to compare the
core or the emphasis of the Eastern and Western culture(Table
2, 3).
Stop Projection, Illumine
Your Inner World
The final, ultimate or supreme goal of psychotherapy
or Tao practice is removal of projection which creates
illusion, therefore conflicts.
In Buddhism the essence of the Tao practice(meditation)
is stop and seeing. Do not take the outside appearance,
illumine your own mind. In Confucianism, do not seek
outside, seek within yourself. In Husserl’s phenomenology,
this Taoistic “stop” corresponds to epoche(suspension
of judgement) and phenomenological reduction. In psychoanalysis
“stop” corresponds to free association by the analysand
and evenly hovering attention by the analyst.
Transpersonal psychotherapy aims at the same goal as
the Tao by trying to transcend the self. Existential
psychotherapy and Daseinsanalysis are also approaching
the Eastern way(Tao). |
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