Raghu Markus and Psychoanalyst Dr. Jeffrey Rubin unpack how mindfulness, empathy, and self-understanding join the worlds of Buddhism and Western remedy.
On this Mindrolling episode, Raghu and Dr. Rubin talk about:
- Jeffrey’s conventional upbringing and the surprising religious expertise he had throughout a basketball sport
- Key parallels between Western psychotherapy and Buddhist knowledge
- How “hovering consideration” and mindfulness help each therapists and purchasers
- Figuring out pure presence in quite a few actions, from chanting to sports activities and past
- The wedding of Buddha and Freud: moment-to-moment non-judgmental, non-interfering presence
- Why some Buddhist practitioners might be “one with expertise” however battle to articulate what that actually means
- Viewing our signs as lovely gateways to transformation fairly than obstacles
- Placing follow into on a regular basis life and serving to individuals actually dwell in a different way
- Empathetically understanding these we disagree with
- Changing into open to suggestions and progress as an alternative of shutting down new concepts
- The methods during which we maladaptively attempt to treatment ourselves
- What actual, sustainable transformation truly seems to be like in follow
Seize considered one of Jeffrey’s central works, Meditative Psychotherapy: The Marriage of East and West
About Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin:
Dr. Rubin practices psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy and teaches meditation in New York Metropolis and Bedford Hills, New York. Broadly thought to be a number one integrator of the Western psychotherapeutic and Japanese meditative traditions, Dr. Rubin created Meditative Psychotherapy based mostly on a long time of research, educating and serving to individuals to flourish. Dr. Rubin is the writer of six books and quite a few publications. He has taught at universities, psychoanalytic institutes and Buddhist and yoga facilities. Dr. Rubin lectures within the US and has given workshops on the UN, the Esalen Institute, the Open Middle and the 92nd Avenue Y. His pioneering strategy to psychotherapy and Buddhism has been featured in The New York Instances Journal.
“I name it the wedding of Buddha and Freud. It’s any follow that cultivates moment-to-moment, non-judgmental, non-interfering presence. That may be qigong, prayer, or Sufi dancing. I don’t need the viewers to suppose it needs to be Buddhist; it may be many issues. It simply occurs to be very properly achieved in Buddhism. It’s any honest path that may show you how to focus, focus, have extra self-compassion and compassion for others.” –Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin
