[Mark in closing asked:] > Instead of asking whether Buddhism is an ancient take on psychology, we could > ask whether psychology is a modern take on Buddhism. Wouldn't that be more > appropriate if the past creates the present?
[Dave] What possible practical difference would that make? I think we can both agree on this: Data: Suffering (pain-physical & mental) is a part of human experience. The basic gist of your rants is that psychotherapy, trying to be a science, is most often wrong in its basic research, diagnosis, and thus misguided at best and often harmful in its therapy. How does viewing psychology as a modern take on Buddhism correct the following psychobabble? Diagnosis: The source of all suffering is human desire. Therapy: Desire can be mitigated or eliminated through prescribed, guided, life long practices. (Which of course you will have to pay for whether or not they are effective) Expected Outcome: If successful all suffering will be eliminated. It was a rhetorical question. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
