Beyond Duality and Polarization (eBook)

Paul Koziey is professor emeritus of counseling psychology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is best known for his seminal work applying two modern Zen mediation skills — watching and catharsis — to help us prepare for the new millennium. He examines the fundamentals of our thinking and behaving, particularly in educational, social, and political organization, and introduces new ways of transforming our traditional, conditioned patterns of conflict into a relaxed and inclusive Participant Observer worldview, what Friedrich Nietzsche calls “The Lion” perspective of courage and interdependence.

IntroductionPart One: Unlearning the UnnaturalChapter One: Hillary and Barack: Different MindsetsChapter Two: Self-As Instrument on a Path without FormChapter Three: Transcending DualityChapter Four: Framing Reality: Four Styles of Reasoning Part Two: Nietzsche’s Three WorldviewsChapter Five: Metamorphoses of the SpiritChapter Six: Barack Obama’s Mindset: Camel, Lion, or Child?Chapter Seven: Beyond the Hope/Hopelessness DualityPart Three: Skills for Transformation Chapter Eight: Relaxed, Alert, and non-JudgingChapter Nine: Learning through the HeartChapter Ten: Zen is Self DiscoveryChapter Eleven: Self-Knowing: Mind and EmotionsChapter Twelve: Meditation to CreativityChapter Thirteen: Unio MysticaPart Four: Transforming LeadersChapter Fourteen: Second Order TransformationChapter Fifteen: Cutting the Roots of ViolenceChapter Sixteen: Effective LeadersChapter NotesBibliography