"Enlightenment Therapy": A Discussion

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Sunday, 26 April 2009 10:30 Last Updated on Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:44 Written by John Waide

Today's New York Times Sunday Magazine includes "Enlightenment Therapy", an article by Chip Brown “The vessel you took to escape your childhood became your prison cell." describing the life and therapy of a Zen monk (Louis Nordstrom) with his psychoanalyst, Jeffery Rubin. It is a thoughtful consideration of the life of a man whose dedication to his Zen spiritual practice was both liberating and confining. Part of what is interesting about it is the way that reclaiming his life didn't require renouncing Zen.

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