Abstract: . . .  transpersonal psychology Page 1 75 Chapter 5 Transpersonal Psychology We do not see things as they are but as we are. Talmud To seek Mind with the mind is the greatest of all mistakes… The more you talk about it, the further astray you wander from the truth. Third Zen Patriarch 5.1 Introduction In his overview of Western psychology , Bankart (1997) categorises the three main forces in the field as the classical-psychodynamic, positivistic -behavioural and humanistic. The transpersonal approach is considered by some to be the fourth . . .
. . .  notes that the ‘me’ or the ‘self’ is not a reified object, but rather a representation which is constructed from moment to moment – an idea in many ways congruent with the postmodern constructionist movement (McNamee & Gergen, 1992). The concepts part ways however in that for the Buddhist perspective a presence of self is the source of suffering, and preserving the self is seen as futile – a direct inversion of mainstream psychology , where a lack of self is seen as psychopathological. For the transpersonal Buddhist recognising the transparency of the illusion of self is a crucial step towards enlightenment , however Engler does suggest that o . . .
. . .  psychodynamic notions of personality. In the transpersonal world Engler (1984) notes that the ‘me’ or the ‘self’ is not a reified object, but rather a representation which is constructed from moment to moment – an idea in many ways congruent with the postmodern constructionist movement (McNamee & Gergen, 1992). The concepts part ways however in that for the Buddhist perspective a presence of self is the source of suffering, and preserving the self is seen as futile – a direct inversion of mainstream psychology , where a lack of self is seen as psychopathological. For the transpersonal Buddhist recognising the transparency of the illusion of self is a crucial step towards enlightenment , however Engler does suggest that o . . .
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