{"id":10956,"date":"2022-12-04T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=10956"},"modified":"2022-12-05T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T08:29:07","slug":"zen-in-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/meditation\/zen-in-therapy","title":{"rendered":"Zen in Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Meditation and conceptual psychotherapy are fundamentally different. Yet, in therapy, there should be a crucial place for meditation.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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 – Therapy and coaching \u2013 therapist and coach \u2013 are the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

 – Zen is \u2013 literally \u2013 meditation. Zen and pure meditation are the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The meditative mindset of the therapist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not just about being more attentive. The meditative mindset is one of deep attention \u2018beyond the conceptual.\u2019 I have written about this as \u2018empathy beyond<\/a>.\u2019 Meditatively, one can also see this as being attentive to a background glow (metaphorically speaking)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It certainly helps the therapist to have good experiences in formal meditation. In my experience, the best option is pure meditation, as one can encounter in certain kinds of Zen \u2015 being careful for there is a lot of chaff in that field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The therapist\u2019s humility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The humility of ego<\/a> is never easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A therapist may enjoy the status given to him by many of his clients. This may even be his primary job motivation. However, a distinction must be made between ego-status and the charisma of the total-self. Humility of ego within the therapeutic encounter is necessary to enable two total selves to communicate profoundly \u2015 this is: meditatively. One way or another, there is a choice to be made between mere-ego and total-self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a choice between \u2018you\u2019 and you as an immensely valuable person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a therapist, if one gladly continues using conceptual methods, one should strive not to let them stand in the way of attaining the meditative stance. The ensuing therapy becomes listening to broader mental-neuronal patterns<\/a>. This is artful. At the same time, it is based on science \u2015 no magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therapy as a being together meditatively<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term \u2018meditation\u2019 (or Zen) doesn\u2019t need to be uttered for this. A therapist\u2019s meditative attention for the client can induce the client\u2019s meditative response. The result is a meditatively being together that can further support therapist and client in their mental growth in the short and long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a privilege for the therapist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AURELIS coaching techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These<\/a> are meant to enhance the meditative mindset of the therapist. All the way through, they are not to be put between the therapist and the client. Starkly put, the client is the therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These techniques can also be used within Lisa, bringing the meditative mindset to the fore even though \u2013 technically \u2013 Lisa cannot meditate as a human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end goal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

is your being meditatively present in the universe. Happiness, health, and inner strength are gifts from this presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, there is no other way.<\/p>\n

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