Category: philosophical counseling
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The Limitations Of Core Rinzai Zen
Update Spots are filling up pretty quickly in the Total Work course. If you’re interested, consider signing up pretty soon. * * * Summary In my last post on what I was calling “core Rinzai Zen,” I summarized what I say to say as follows: Rinzai Zen is a direct path to awakening. It draws…
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Escape Total Work! A 4-Week Course Starting In November
I’m teaching a 4-week course on how to escape from Total Work. This course is for those who are prone to burnout, who are anxious and overwhelmed, who are excessively enthusiastic about work, who have trouble sleeping at night due to a racing mind, who are tired of talking about “what you do,” and who…
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The Essence Of Core Rinzai Zen
It has taken me some years to understand what Rinzai Zen is. In what follows, I’d like to outline the essence of what I’m calling “core Rinzai Zen.” I. Expression of Rinzai Zen’s Essence Consider these quotes from a Chan (Chinese Zen) master and a Buddhist philosopher: Guishan Lingyou (Chan master, 771-853): “Inquire exhaustively into the…
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The Limits Of A Relationship Boil Down To The Limits Of Its Participants
Integral theory suggests that the limits of any relationship boil down to the limits of the developmental capacities of its participants. (*) Below, I’ll show why, if true, this is an important insight. In his essay, “The Miracle of ‘We,” which can be found in the collected volume Cohering the Integral We Space, Ken Wilber concludes:…
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Andrew Taggart On The Jim Rutt Show: Narcissism, Culture, & Dying
I had a very enjoyable, and quite lively, conversation with Jim Rutt of the Jim Rutt Show. Here’s the link. And the description: In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Andrew Taggart about what philosophy is & once was, the impacts of our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life & virtue, narcissism, friends of utility, changing family dynamics, GameB, close community…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 