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NATURAL PSYCHOTHERAPY WIKI
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Natural Psychotherapy: an overviewAn introduction to the origins, main concepts and structure of the lectures.Where to startBegin with the overall framework, then study the six lectures and return to the original sources when checking concepts.Core concepts
Natural acceptanceIn the lecture, accepting an experience that has already arisen goes together with continuing to act.Cognition, emotion and actionThree concepts the lecture uses to distinguish mental activity, emotional experience and intentional behavior.Psychic interactionA reinforcing cycle between attention, experience and attempts to control that experience.Primary and secondary thinkingDistinguishing an initial thought from the associations and analysis that follow.Two layers of sufferingThe lecture distinguishes initial distress from additional suffering built around that experience.Methods and practice
The 24-character principlesThree Chinese phrases that develop the lecture's account of acceptance and action.The 14-character principlesA short formulation that needs to be read with its context and its emphasis on constructive action.Three steps: awareness, interrupting the chain, actionAn account based on the transcript passage, with an explanation of how it differs from the notes.Meditation resource indexThe four meditation themes on the site, distinguished from evidence about their effects.Sources and editing
Sources and editorial notesWhat the entries are based on, what has been checked and how future revisions will be made.Based on the lecture notes and transcripts on this site. See the editorial notes.