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October 1995
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The philosophical foundations of existential and transpersonal psychologies are compared and contrasted. This examination focuses in particular on these approaches to the theme of human suffering. Suffering is here seen as being pervasive, and the sources of this pervasiveness are explicated. Then inauthentic and authentic responses to suffering are noted and analyzed, from both existential and transpersonal perspectives.
... According to Buddhist thought, this distorted perception of reality is not fully appreciable by the average person. Sensitization of the mind to this source of dissatisfaction is said to bring one closer to enlightenment (Walsh, 1995). Although saṅkhāra dukkha is an important part of understanding the Buddhist conception of suffering as an enduring latent state that permeates throughout the course of one's life (Van Gordon et al., 2015), the two more tangible forms of dukkha are particularly useful for appreciating experiences of suffering that might arise from place disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
October 1995
