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Patrick wrote:
“I think a redefinition of this new domain should be done”
Here is my definition of nondual psychotherapy. There are other definitions bust most of them seem to have the same basic elements.
The goal of nondual therapy is to discover who we are without our stories and to expand our capacity to embody our True Nature - our Welcoming, Spacious Awareness - in every aspect of our lives.
Nondual therapy is rooted in the assumption that our perception of “problems” is itself the problem (which really isn't a problem). The self-improvement project is a subtle form of self-directed aggression. Who we are does not need improving.
By de-constructing our “self and world construct system” (James Bugental's term) we are able to uncover our underlying, unchanging equanimity, or Presence, and strengthen our capacity to embody Awareness in our day-to-day existence.
This therapeutic process occurs in a certain type of relationship - a “holy encounter” in which what is awake in the therapist meets what is awake in the client - thus healing the client's (and therapist's) perception of self, other and world.
Glad you joined the discussion, Patrick. What do you think of this definition? I agree with Soul that there is a difference between traditional psychotherapy which seems to be more about ego development and adaptation to some definition of normality and what is referred to as nondual psychotherapy.
Later,
Billy
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