Silence and Emptiness in the Service of Healing: Lessons from Meditation
作者:
Michael Del Monte,
期刊:
British Journal of Psychotherapy
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 3
页码: 368-378
ISSN:0265-9883
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0118.1995.tb00742.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTThis article gives a brief historical introduction to meditation in the Christian and other religious traditions, relating it to concepts of Freud and Bion. Following a description of the technique of meditation, its essence is then discussed ‐ especially in terms of its embeddedness in mystical traditions which hail from the old religions of the Orient. The main part of this paper concerns the work and teachings of John Main, the Benedictine monk who arguably did most to reintroduce the ancient discipline of Christian meditation to contemporary Western practitioners. Parallels are drawn between Main's view of silence in meditation and silence in psychoanalysis.The article ends with some cautious notes on the possibility that meditation, as Main described it, may not be ideal for schizoid, dissociated, or overly narcissistic individuals. Those practitioners with good ego‐strengths are likely to benefit the m
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