Wu Wei (Non-doing) and the Negativity of Depression
The anxiety of being drives us to the quest for security and certainty. The question emerges, "what is the Way?" In an attempt to find the Way through cognitive process, we are further removed from It. This parallel process takes place when depressed individuals struggle with the negativit...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2000]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2000, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-166 |
Further subjects: | B
Negativity
B wu wei B Depression |
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Summary: | The anxiety of being drives us to the quest for security and certainty. The question emerges, "what is the Way?" In an attempt to find the Way through cognitive process, we are further removed from It. This parallel process takes place when depressed individuals struggle with the negativity of depression. Wu wei is an invitation to return to the Way and to the self. The self that embraces negativity is able to rest in itself. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1004618700306 |