Bücher von Mark Epstein

Gedanken ohne Denker ist das bahnbrechende Buch, das Buddhismus und Psychotherapie zusammenbrachte und das Leben Tausender veränderte. Durch seine eigene Erfahrung als Therapeut, Meditierender und Patient integrierte Epstein westliche Psychotherapie und die Lehren des Buddhismus. Für jeden verständlich vermittelt er den einzigartigen Beitrag der buddhistischen Lehren, beschreibt das Wesentliche der Meditation in der Sprache der Psychologie und zeigt die Möglichkeiten einer durch Meditation inspirierten Psychotherapie auf.

“A masterpiece. . . . It teaches us how not to fear and repress, but to rechannel and harness the most powerful energies of life toward freedom and bliss.” —ROBERT THURMANIt is common in both Buddhism and Freudian psychoanalysis to treat desire as if it is the root of all suffering and problems, but psychiatrist Mark Epstein believes this to be a grave misunderstanding.In his controversial defense of desire, he makes clear that it is the key to deepening intimacy with ourselves, each other, and our world.Proposing that spiritual attainment does not have to be detached from intimacy or eroticism, Open to Desire begins with an exploration of the state of dissatisfaction that causes us to cling to irrational habits. Dr. Epstein helps readers overcome their own fears of desire so that they can more readily bridge the gap between self and other, cope with feelings of incompletion, and get past the perception of others as objects. Freed from clinging and shame, desire’s spiritual potential can then be opened up.