A.H. Almaas Diamond Approach
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy's goal is to resolve the conflicts only on the psychogical level. It attempts this by working on understanding the conflicts and their origins in childhood. It believes that through this understanding and the discharge of repressed emotions the conflicts will be resolved. But how can that be, when the most fundamental point in the conflict is the loss of Essence? The individual knows, although unconsciously, what he has lost. His personality is always subtly irritated by the hole in his chest. He will feel complete, he will be completely contented about this conflict, only if he regains what he has lost. There is no other way. Understanding or no understanding, completion and contentment will happen only when there is a hole no more, only when Essence is there, experienced and acknowledged. (Essence, pg 122)

 

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Merging Essence and psychotherapy

Psychotherapy does not acknowledge the existence of Essence or the loss of Essence; therefore it is not oriented towards retrieving it. Psychotherapy is oriented towards making the personality healthier and stronger, making it function better. In dealing with merging Essence, psychotherapy does not usually go beyond the first step. The empty hole is almost never approached. Rather, the person learns to find better and more effective ways to fill the hole, which are seen as better relationships with people or a more satisfying intimate relationship with the person of the opposite sex. (Essence, pg 117)