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Rethinking Psychology

5 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Rethink Psychology questions the assumptions of American psychology and seeks to understand what other cultures of philosophy around the world have to offer to the growing discussion around psychology as a science. We will observe how these assumption about psychology have instigated the psychological problems we are seeing in our American culture. We blindly accept that American psychology is universally applicable to everyone because it appears to be scientifically superior to other cultures. We'll look at the biologicalization of psychology and how this leads us toward hedonism. Enjoy!

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Ep. 3 - Buddhist Psychology - The Kindness of Others

February 28, 2021 05:38 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MB

This episode is inspired by the work done by Geshe Tegchok and his book The Kindness of Others. For a free PDF version of his book, go to: https://www.lamayeshe.com/sites/default/files/pdf/437_pdf.pdf https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/kindness-others Here is a video of Professor Matthew Whoolery who uses this book for his TEDx Talk called How to Lose Your Self-Esteem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjjPce_SbUA

Ep. 2 - Hindu Psychology - The Self

January 19, 2021 08:24 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MB

Finishing the story of Nachiketa's conversation about life and death with the King of Death. Essence of the Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran Blue Mountain Center of Meditation - https://www.bmcm.org  

Ep. 1 - Hindu Psychology - Meeting Death

December 27, 2020 07:53 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MB

Eknath Easwaran's Essence of the Upanishads https://www.amazon.com/Essence-Upanishads-Indian-Spirituality-Wisdom/dp/1586380362 Eknath Easwaran's translation of the Upanishads https://www.amazon.com/Upanishads-2nd-Eknath-Easwaran/dp/1586380214/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/142-8351317-8562142?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1586380214&pd_rd_r=dcbab1c6-bb7e-42c9-b1a1-8eccc0cd1f3e&pd_rd_w=9BF02&pd_rd_wg=ps83w&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=G9CP21T37N7SH5WQ94V9&psc=1&refRID=G9CP21T37N7S...

Ep. 1 - Hindu Psychology - A Father's Love

December 20, 2020 06:42 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MB

This is a story that comes from the Katha Upanishads, Hindu scripture. All source material for this episode comes from Eaknath Easwaran's translation of the Upanishads Easwaran's Translation of the Upanishads - https://www.amazon.com/Upanishads-2nd-Eknath-Easwaran/dp/1586380214 Passage Meditation - https://www.amazon.com/Passage-Meditation-Complete-Spiritual-Essential/dp/1586381164 Blue Mountain Center of Meditation -  https://www.bmcm.org/about/about-eknath-easwaran/

Ep. 0 - Hindu Psychology - Meeting Death

December 12, 2020 05:46 - 6 minutes - 8.64 MB

This is a story that comes from the Katha Upanishads, Hindu scripture. All source material for this episode comes from Eaknath Easwaran's translation of the Upanishads Easwaran's Translation of the Upanishads - https://www.amazon.com/Upanishads-2nd-Eknath-Easwaran/dp/1586380214 Passage Meditation - https://www.amazon.com/Passage-Meditation-Complete-Spiritual-Essential/dp/1586381164 Blue Mountain Center of Meditation -  https://www.bmcm.org/about/about-eknath-easwaran/