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Published Online: 1976, pp. 1–188

Meditation and Consciousness: An Asian Approach to Mental Health

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1976.30.1.41

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According to Abhidhamma, a classical Asian phenomenology of consciousness, through meditation a set of “healthy” mental properties reciprocally inhibits an “unhealthy” set. In light of Abhidhamma and empirical findings, applications of meditation are suggested for inducing an optimal mode of responsiveness to environmental demands, and as a complementary adjunct to psychotherapy.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30 • Number 1 • 1976, pp. 1–188

Pages: 41 - 54

PubMed: 1259055

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Published in print: 1976, pp. 1–188

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.^‡

New York, N.Y.

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Presented at the Fifteenth Eilhard Von Domarus Memorial Conference, March 20, 1975, New York City.

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Supported in part by a Research Training Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council. I am indebted to George Goethals for his helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.

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At the time this work was done, the author was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Social Science Research Council. Mailing address: Suite 718, One Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016.

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Meditation and Consciousness: An Asian Approach to Mental Health

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