Table of Contents

Contents1 Introduction View from within and without. First and third person perspectives2 The contemporary explanation; the view from the mind sciences3 Explanation in action; psychotherapy4 The earliest explanation; the Buddhist view5 Embodiment6 Emotion7 Environment8 Selves and non-selves9 Attention, awareness and receptivity10 Inconclusion: creativity, imagination and metaphorAppendix 1 The enactive viewAppendix 2 Mind and life institute

About the Author

Gay Watson, PhD, trained as a psychotherapist with the Karuna Institute of Core Process Psychotherapy, a Buddhist-inspired psychotherapy. Concurrently she attained a first class honours degree followed by a doctorate in the field of Buddhist Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. She is currently associated with The Karuna Institute and Sharpham College of Buddhism and Contemporary Inquiry, and a member of the editorial board of Contemporary Buddhism. She lives in Devon, UK and is a Trustee of the Dartington Hall Trust.

Reviews

'A compelling and original synthesis of psychotherapy, Buddhist meditation, neuroscience, ecology and feminism that points to a more sane and compassionate way of living in this world at this critical juncture in human history.' - Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs.