Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface: Cultivating the Wild Stream of Consciousness; Semantics and Synonyms; Acknowledgments; PART I I ntroduction; 1 Ego and War: 9/11; 2 The Healthy Mind Assumption; 3 Lopon Tegchoke Interview: The Primordial Wisdom of the Natural Mind; PART II Science of the Stream of Consciousness; 4 Tibet: Entering the Stream of Consciousness; 5 A Cultivated Blind Spot: A Phenomenon Is a Phenomenon Is a Phenomenon; 6 Ode to the Stream of Consciousness; PART III The Egocentric Mind; 7 The Place of the Ego in Nature; 8 The Egocentric State of Mind
9 The Vicissitudes of the EgoPART IV The Egoless Mind; 10 The Goodness of the Natural Mind: The Control of No Control; 11 The Egoless State of Mind; 12 Meditation: The Cultivation of the Egoless Mind; 13 The Future of the Egoless Mind: The Science; 14 The Future of the Egoless Mind: A Psychology of Peace; Index
Summary
In The Healthy Mind, Dr. Henry M. Vyner presents the findings of twenty-seven years of research spent interviewing Tibetan lamas about their experiences of the mind. The interviews have generated a science of stream of consciousness that demonstrates that the healthy human mind is the egoless mind, given the paradox that the egoless mind has an ego. Vyner presents this science and also shows his readers how to cultivate a healthy mind. The Healthy Mind features extensive interview excerpts, theoretical maps of the egoless and egocentric mind, discussions of the history of science, and thought experiments that unpack the implications of his findings. This is a useful book for all those interested in the dialogue between Buddhism and psychology and in understanding the nature of the healthy mind
