Therapists do not and cannot give answers. Explore the true nature of the therapeutic relationship, and realize that the guru is no Buddha. He is just another human struggling. Understanding the shape of your own personal ills, will lead you on your journey to recovery. Sheldon Kopp has a realistic approach to altering one's destiny and accepting the responsibility that grows with freedom.

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!

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Sheldon B. Kopp

Philosophy

Bantam/Doubleday/Dell

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! The Pilgrimage of Psychotherapy Patients

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Psychology & Counseling

Bantam]

A fresh, realistic approach to altering one's destiny and accepting the responsibility that grows with freedom. No meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddahood of each of us has already been obtained. We only need to recognize it. “The most important things that each man must learn no one can teach him. Once he accepts this disappointment, he will be able to stop depending on the therapist, the guru who turns out to be just another struggling human being.” Using the myth of Gilgamesh, Siddhartha, The Wife of Bath, Don Quizote . . . the works of Buber, Ginsberg, Shakespeare, Karka, Nin, Dante and Jung . . . a brilliant psychotherapist, guru and pilgrim shares the epic tales and intimate revelations that help to shape Everyman's journey through life.

Reference

No Hidden Meanings: An Illustrated Eschatological Laundry List.

No Hidden Meanings: An Illustrated Eschatological Laundry List

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Hanged Man: Psychotherapy and the Forces of Darkness

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Occult & Paranormal

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