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The Body: Toward an Eastern MindBody Theory (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies) (English and Japanese Edition)
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This book explores mindbody philosophy from an Asian perspective. It sheds new light on a problem central in modem Western thought. Yuasa shows that Eastern philosophy has generally formulated its view of mindbody unity as an achievementa state to be acquiredrather than as essential or innate. Depending on the individuals own developmental state, the mindbody connection can vary from near dissociation to almost perfect integration. Whereas Western mindbody theories have typically asked what the mindbody is, Yuasa asks how the mindbody relation varies on a spectrum from the psychotic to the yogi, from the debilitated to the athletic, from the awkward novice to the master musician. Yuasa first examines various Asian texts dealing with Buddhist meditation, kundalini yoga, acupuncture, ethics, and epistemology, developing a concept of the dark consciousness (not identical with the psychoanalytic unconscious) as a vehicle for explaining their basic view. He shows that the min
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