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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Buddhism and psychoanalysis both emphasize the same fundamental human emotions.
Chapter 3: We fool ourselves into believing that a thing called the self exists.
Chapter 4: Many common yet painful psychological disorders stem from a deeply inflated or deflated sense of selfhood.
Chapter 5: Buddhism can offer relief from mental illness by freeing you of the self.
Chapter 6: Westerners feel insatiable hunger, while Easterners wrestle with cultivating humility.
Chapter 7: Buddhism can help you live alongside your emotions.
Chapter 8: Practice mindfulness to stay grounded in the present and transcend suffering.
Description
Thoughts Without a Thinker (1995) describes the fundamental principles of the Buddhist tradition through a psychoanalytic lens. These blinks explain how meditation and mindfulness can soothe the mind, alleviate suffering and heal mental illness.
Who Should Listen
- People who suffer from depression and anxiety
- Anyone interested in Buddhism or psychotherapy
- Anyone skeptical about mindfulness