A book about the taboo of Knowing who You Are. Psychotherapy, East and West

What is human life: the search for harmony or a survival strategy? How to avoid conflict with the world and discord with yourself? Does Western psychotherapy, which has been struggling with the problems of a "civilized" personality since the time of Freud and Jung, know the answer, or are Eastern teachings closer to the truth, which have not only traditional wisdom in their arsenal, but also such complex practices as yoga or Zen?

Alan Watts, an American philosopher, theologian, and interpreter of Zen Buddhism, boldly and extraordinarily reflects on this and many other things. By asking original questions, the author finds unconventional answers using a broad comparison of Western psychotherapy and Eastern liberation teachings. Perhaps, by delving into the mysteries of human being-in-the-world with the author, the reader will be able to take a fresh look at his own problems.


For ease of reading, a satin ribbon bookmark is sewn into the book.


The CONTENTS

A book about the taboo of Knowing who You Are

Chapter I. Secret information
Chapter II. The black-and-white Game
Chapter III. How to be a skilled pretender
Chapter IV. The whole world is your body
Chapter V. What now?
Chapter VI. It
Notes

Psychotherapy, East and West

Preface
I. Psychotherapy and liberation
II. Society and the psyche
III. Ways of liberation
IV. Through the dark glass
V. Counterplay
VI. Invitation to dance