Guest guest Report post Posted February 15, 1999 Holly N. Barrett, Ph.D. [hbarrett] Monday, February 15, 1999 9:27 AM Re: What do I really own? hbarrett (Holly N. Barrett, Ph.D.) Your reply was super, Harsha. Here's where I'm bouncing around these days: attachment to the path/letting the path go, needing to know God/letting this desire go, too -- kind of a pleasant, though turbulent, ride and God knows I'm not the driver! Holly Harsha: Hi Holly. Delighted to have you here. For those who may not know, Holly is an experienced Psychologist and a therapist and the story of her awakening is quite fascinating. Will you share a bit, if you feel comfortable Holly and tell us about how Psychotherapy might affect the system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 16, 1999 You wrote: > >Harsha: Hi Holly. Delighted to have you here. For those who may not know, >Holly is an experienced Psychologist and a therapist and the story of her >awakening is quite fascinating. Will you share a bit, if you feel >comfortable Holly and tell us about how Psychotherapy might affect the >system. > After periodic transcendent experiences since childhood and lots of dabbling in yoga, t'ai-chi, etc., awakening occurred while I was sitting around, morose, after a therapy session where I had been the therapized, not the therapist. The most intense part lasted for almost 2 weeks and I knew what was happening; it felt like a promise fulfilled from long ago. But only afterwards did I begin to read seriously about kundalini, Kashmir Shaivism, and so on. Listening effectively, as a therapist or otherwise, requires one to sit quietly with non-grasping attention -- "without memory or desire" as W. Bion put it. I've often wondered whether doing this for twenty-some years didn't add up to quite a practice on its own. Nowadays I tend to fall into kind of a spontaneous contemplation, but I'm more absorbed by looking for God in daily life. I'm totally at sea about my profession, though -- gave up my practice and can't imagine myself as a conventional clinician anymore. Here's the task: make your ego healthy and strong so you can give it up!! You're sweet to ask for this, Harsha. Holly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
