Description: How is modern psychotherapy impacted when it is approached from the presence and understanding of the unconditioned mind? What happens when therapists are able to function as a sacred mirror for their clients essential nature, reflecting back not only the contents of awarenessthoughts, feelings and sensationsbut awareness itself? Informed by their direct experience as well as by nondual teachings from both eastern and western wisdom traditions, the authors take a fresh look at what psychotherapy can be. These seminal essays will challenge and inspire readers to approach psychotherapy in a new wayas a potential portal for experiencing their deepest nature as free and joyful beings.Seasoned clinicians, Dan Berkow, Stephan Bodian, Dorothy Hunt, Sheila Krystal, Lynn Marie Lumiere, Richard Miller, John Prendergast, John Welwood, Jennifer Welwood and Bryan Wittine, and innovative western spiritual teachers, Adyashanti and Peter Fenner, explore critical issues at the interface of psychology and spirituality from a nondual perspective.
Brief description: Peter Fenner completed a PhD in Madhyamika philosophical psychology in 1983. He founded the Center for Timeless Wisdom (wisdom.org). His books include The Ontology of the Middle Way, Reasoning into Reality, Essential Wisdom Teachings, and The Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path.