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Fear and Primordial Trust explores fear as an existential |
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phenomenon and how it can be overcome. Illustrated by |
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clinical examples from the author s practice as a |
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psychotherapist and spiritual caregiver working with the |
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severely ill and dying, the book outline theoretical |
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insights into how primordial trust and archaic fear |
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unconsciously shape our personality and behavior. This |
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book discusses in detail how in our everyday world, we |
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lack primordial trust. Nevertheless, all of us have |
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internalized it: as experiences of another nondual world, |
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of being unconditionally accepted, then sheltered and |
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nurtured. The book outlines how from a spiritual |
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viewpoint, we come from the non-dual world and experience |
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a transition by becoming an ego, thereby experiencing |
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archaic fear. This book explains fear in terms of two |
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challenges encountered in this transition: firstly, |
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leaving the non-world world when everything changes and |
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we feel forlorn. Secondly, on awakening in the ego when |
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we feel dependent and overwhelmed by otherness. The book |
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also helps readers to understand trust as the emotional |
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and spiritual foundation of the human soul, as well as |
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how fear shapes us and how it can be outgrown. The book |
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makes the case that understanding fear and primordial |
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trust improves care and helps us to better understand |
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dying. It will be of interest to academics, scholars and |
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students in the fields of psychiatry, counselling, |
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psychotherapy, and palliative care and to all those |
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interested in understanding fear, trust, and the healing |
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potential of spiritual experiences. |
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Date Published: 2024-05-29 20:55:37 |
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Identifier: oapen-20.500.12657-54637 |
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Language: English |
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