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Why Altered States Are Not Enough: A Perspective From Buddhism, Igor Berkhin, Glenn Hartelius
Why Altered States Are Not Enough: A Perspective From Buddhism, Igor Berkhin, Glenn Hartelius
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Transpersonal psychology has at times employed Buddhist terminology in ways that do not
reflect distinctions that underlie these tightly defined terms. From a Buddhist perspective,
attempts to equate Buddhist terms with language from other traditions are misdirected, and
produce results that no longer represent Buddhism. For example, it is an error to translate
certain Buddhist terms as referring to a shared universal consciousness; Buddhism explicitly
rejects this idea. Nor is it appropriate to assume that the generic, cross-traditional altered
state of nondual awareness postulated in some transpersonally-related circles is in any way
related to nirvana or other advanced states described …
Ecopsychology, Transpersonal Psychology, And Nonduality, John V. Davis
Ecopsychology, Transpersonal Psychology, And Nonduality, John V. Davis
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Nonduality is at the core of both transpersonal psychology and ecopsychology and provides a
means of finding common ground between these approaches. However, misunderstandings
and the lack of an adequate conceptual language for nonduality have limited the value
of this concept for ecopsychology. Nonduality is presented as a range of experiences and
stages of development in which particulars are perceived and understood as part of an allencompassing
totality. Specifically, nonduality is understood in terms of a self-identity
in which separating boundaries no longer isolate one from other expressions of Being. A
description of nondual dimensions of Being based on the …