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Podcast: Religion on the Mind
Episode: Western Psychology, Eastern Spirituality with Jeffrey Rubin (#390)
Description: I sit down with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jeffrey Rubin to explore his concept of meditative psychotherapy — a genuinely reciprocal integration of Western psychoanalysis and Eastern contemplative practice that goes far deeper than the usual mindfulness-lite approaches. We get into what meditation actually is (hint: not just stress relief), spiritual bypassing, the scandals that keep plaguing Buddhist communities, and why real healing requires both quieting the mind and doing hard psychological work.
Highlights:
Meditation isn't just symptom reduction
East-West integration done poorly vs. well
Spiritual bypassing across traditions
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