The Neo Nerd
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I stumbled across this article in while researching an assignment.
http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/images/Psych_02.pdf
I found this particular point interesting:
To me it makes a certain amount of sense. Psychology gives us inner peace, a meaning to life, hope, personal power. It gives us everything religion gives us but with a healthy does of occums razor.
Another interesting point i found:
For example the buddhist concept of mindfulness very much matches the psychological theory of the same name.
Buddhist Channel | Buddhism News, Headlines | Healing & Spirituality | The Science of Mindfulness Meditation
What does everyone think.
-Q
http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/images/Psych_02.pdf
I found this particular point interesting:
Psychology has become something of a substitute for old belief systems. Different schools of therapy offer visions of the good life and how to live it, and those whose ancestors took comfort from the words of God and worshipped at the altars of Christ and Yahweh now take solace from and worship at the altars of Freud, Jung, Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Werner Erhard, and a host of similar authorities. While in the past the common reference point was the Bible and its commentaries and commentators, the reference today is a therapeutic language and the success stories of mostly secular people changers.
To me it makes a certain amount of sense. Psychology gives us inner peace, a meaning to life, hope, personal power. It gives us everything religion gives us but with a healthy does of occums razor.
Another interesting point i found:
A large and growing number of psychotherapists are now convinced that the Eastern religions offer an understanding of the mind far more complete than anything yet envisaged by Western science. At the same time, the leaders of the new religions themselves—the numerous gurus and spiritual teachers now in the West—are reformulating and adapting the traditional systems according to the language and atmosphere of modern psychology.
For example the buddhist concept of mindfulness very much matches the psychological theory of the same name.
Buddhist Channel | Buddhism News, Headlines | Healing & Spirituality | The Science of Mindfulness Meditation
A fascinating new study by UCLA researchers combines modern neuroscience with ancient Buddhist teachings. The scientists believe they have discovered the first neural evidence for why “mindfulness” — the ability to live in the present moment, without distraction — seems to produce a variety of health benefits.
What does everyone think.
-Q