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The relationship between mental health, spirituality and politics told from the point of view of a working psychotherapist.

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Author: Anthony Tshering

Hello! You’ve reached the personal blog of Anthony Tshering, psychotherapist and writer. Originally from California, I have studied at Santa Clara University, Hunter College, and The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. I am now based in Brooklyn.
July 29, 2021 Buddhism / Koan / Zen

You Are Not Important; You Are the Most Important Being Here

In the cosmic, grand scheme of things, our lives don’t mean a whole lot. Or they are the most important

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July 26, 2021 Buddhism / meditation / psychotherapy / Spirituality / suffering

Suffering With Grace

It’s been a while! I have no excuses really except that I was on vacation and tried to write a

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July 8, 2021 children / Meaning / Musings / Reflection

Vacation Musings, Thursday July 8th

I am currently on a holiday in Whistler, British Columbia. Getting here has been a harrowing experience. I won’t bore

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July 4, 2021 Absurdism / Buddhism / Illusion / Rational / Spirituality

Beyond Reason: Thoughts on The Rational and The Illusion of Life

Recently I’ve had the thought that rationality or even science is not “objective” but is its own worldview. It may

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June 28, 2021 Poem / poetry

Poem: “The Demons”

(Note: I’ve had some intense dreams/fantasies the last few days, that my unconscious mind is trying to work out. This

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June 27, 2021 poetry / Rilke

What Is Unseen Is Eternal: Rilke’s Duino Elegies

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is

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June 22, 2021 anatta / Bodhicitta / Buddhism / Compassion / Dependent Origination / psychotherapy / tonglen

Bodhicitta in the Time of Asian Hate

I recently published my first piece for Tricycle magazine. To be honest, it’s been nerve-wracking as hell to have it

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June 15, 2021 book review / Carl Jung / Shadow Self

Final Reflections On “The Red Book” by Carl Jung

Today I finished with “The Red Book” by Carl Jung. It is impossible to explain fully its impact on me.

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June 13, 2021 Buddhism / Reason / Religion / Spirituality

The Wisdom of Unreason or Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater

Once a monk made a request of Joshu. “I have just entered the monastery,” he said. “Please give me instructions,

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June 9, 2021 solitude

The Need For Solitude

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.- Carl jung Just a quick post

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June 8, 2021 bodhisattva / Buddhism / Christianity / Jesus of Nazareth / Religion / The Buddha

The Temptations of The Buddha and Jesus of Nazareth as Metaphor

On the night he was enlightened, the Buddha sat under a Bodhi tree and sat in meditation, vowing to stay

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A Guide To Spirituality: Being Versus Doing

I read a wonderful piece in Tricycle magazine today about what a spiritual life looks like. The timing for me

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June 3, 2021 Alan Watts / Carl Jung / chod / psilocybin / psychedelics / Reflection / Shadow Self / shrooms / Spirituality

How To Connect With Your Deeper Soul: Reflections on Carl Jung’s “The Red Book”

I’ve recently dived into Carl Jung’s “The Red Book,” which I can only describe as a work of madness or

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June 1, 2021 Meaning / Mortality / Religion / Spirituality / television / The Leftovers

Rewatching HBO’s “The Leftovers”

When HBO’s “The Leftovers” began to air in 2014, it was an unusually glum show, and to be perfectly frank,

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May 18, 2021 Bodhicitta / brahma-vihara / Buddhism / Compassion / loving kindness / tonglen

Empathy as A Way of Life: Compassion (Karuna), The Second Brahma-Vihara

On to my second post about the Brahma-Viharas. You can read the first one on loving-kindness here. Now I will

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