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Build Resilience By Learning To "Forget Yourself"

By Douglas LaBier, Ph.D. on May 31, 2010 in The New Resilience

At the conclusion of my recent post about the psychologically healthy adult, I emphasized that such qualities as transparency, flexibility and collaboration with diverse people; non-defensiveness, informality, a creative mind-set and nimbleness are among those that build and sustain resiliency and overall mental health today. Read More

"Forget Yourself"

Submitted by Gregg Winston on May 31, 2010 - 2:20pm.

"To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of realization remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly." - Dogen - Genjo Koan

Excellent! Have long

Submitted by Douglas LaBier, Ph.D. on May 31, 2010 - 2:27pm.

Excellent! Have long admired/read Dogen. Moon In A Dewdrop a favorite.

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Douglas LaBier, Ph.D., is a psychologist and the Director of the Center for Progressive Development in Washington, DC.

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