The Process of Self Actualization from Buddhist and Western Perspectives
Episode 1
Topics include: 1. The definition of empowerment from a psychological perspective; 2. Buddhist concepts of empowerment; 3. Western concepts of empowerment; 4. The divine and the secular in the Christian tradition; and 5. Parallels in Buddhism and modern psychoanalysis.
Episode 2
Topics include: 1. Jung’s personal and collective unconscious; 2. Collective archetypes; 3. Psychic energy; and 4. the relationship between the Jungian and Buddhist concept of the unconscious.
Episode 3
Discussion of the Buddhist Unconscious and its relationship to the Jungian concept of the unconscious.
episode 4
Topics include: 1. The process of self actualization as the integration of the conscious and unconscious mind; 2. Finding our Buddha Nature, or actualizing the power of integration through our ability to manifest in the world. 3. Realizing our power through the metaphor of the Bodhisattva and the Hero’s Journey; and 4. Mindfulness as the vehicle for empowerment.