WHAT THE EASTERN PHILOSOPHIES

AND RELIGIONS CAN MEAN TO YOU

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DISCRIMINATING FACULTIES OF THE MIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABANDONED IN FAVOR OF 'BLIND' ACCEPTANCE AND PURE EMOTION."

HE POINTS OUT, HOWEVER, THAT IT WOULD SEEM THE WAY OUT OF THE ENIGMA IS "A BETTER USE OF THE MIND ONE WHICH IS FREED FROM STEREOTYPES, PRECONCEPTIONS, COMPULSIONS, AND FREE FOR CREATIVE THINKING IN A NEW DIRECTION, THE DIRECTION BEING INWARD.

"IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW MAN'S THINKING FUNCTION IS THE GREATEST SINGLE SOURCE OF HIS UNHAPPINESS, IT IS NECESSARY TO POINT OUT THAT THE VERY NOTION THAT ONE EXPERIENCE IS PLEASANT AND ANOTHER IS NOT PLEASANT REPRESENTS A HABIT OF DISCRIMINATION, ONE OF THE WAYS MAN USES THE THINKING FUNCTION, THE SAGES ALL HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO SAY ABOUT THIS DUALISM AND ALL ATTACK UNCOMPROMISINGLY THE SUPERFICIAL DICHOTOMIES THAT MANY WESTERNERS ACCEPT AS FACT."

MR. ZEFF BELIEVES THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR ALL FACETS OF THE PERSONALITY TO WORK TOGETHER, IN HARMONY THE FEELINGS, INTUITION AND INTELLECT. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO FEAR INTELLECT UNLESS IT IS ALLOWED TO USURP THE INSTINCTUAL FUNCTIONS, WHERE IT IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE.

IN HIS PRACTICE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ONE FACTOR WHICH MR. ZEFF ENCOUNTERS DAILY IS THE IRRELEVANCY OF QUESTIONS ASKED BY PATIENTS AS WELL AS THEIR DESIRE TO SEEK ANSWERS IN MANY AREAS WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES. "| WOULD SAY THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT, AS WELL AS THE MOST DIFFICULT, TASK THAT A THERAPIST HAS IS TO DISTRACT THE PATIENT'S ATTENTION FROM IRRELEVANT AND INCONSEQUENTIAL EXPLORATIONS FOR CAUSALITY, AND FROM HIS GREAT EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE OUTSIDE WORLD, AND TO ORIENT HIS ENERGIES TOWARDS EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING THE NATURE OF HIMSELF, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY HE CAN FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AS WELL AS WHAT ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS.

"THE MIND IS BUT A POSSESSION OF MAN, LIKE ALL OTHER THINGS IN