Oriental Psychology June 8, 2007
Posted by Geoffrey Wilson in : Courses , trackbackGeoffrey Wilson has recently developed the Oriental Psychology Certificate Course, in response to the incredible demand generated by thousands of people around the world wanting comprehensive information on the various applications of the Oriental paradigm as related to philosophy, medicine, spirituality, leadership and strategy.
The Oriental Psychology Certificate Course is unique because it is as much a profound resource tool for the development of professional skills as it is a guide to dynamic personal understanding and growth. In effect, the course reveals the secrets of the Masters of the Oriental healing arts, as students are taken on a journey through the worlds of the holistic template. Along the way, students have the opportunity to cultivate profound listening and communication skills, perception and insight, refinement of attention, self-knowledge, and inner calm and stability.
As the Masters of Huainan say,
‘Therefore, those who know themselves do not resent others; those who know their destiny do not resent heaven.’
The course is relevant for and provides invaluable assistance to:
• THERAPISTS
• BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
• EMPLOYEES
• INDIVIDUALS interested in personal growth
OVERVIEW
The Art of Health Certificate Course in Oriental Psychology has been specially designed to facilitate distance learning at the student’s own pace without compromising on syllabus breadth or the quality of knowledge imparted. The course in Oriental Psychology comprises 10 modules encompassing the techniques, practices, principles and strategies devised by the Sages of Oriental tradition and refined by the greatest thinkers of the modern era.
Art of Health Education specialises in sharing the secrets of the Oriental healing arts, the ancient paradigm that introduced the concept of holistic healing to the world. Recognising that many enthusiasts of Oriental philosophy, medicine, leadership and strategy, may not always be able to attend a classroom session due to existing commitments or constraints, we have developed our programs to facilitate step-by-step study at home. The Certificate Course gives students the ability to study and revise lessons at their own speed and time. In addition, the Art of Health Certificate Course in Oriental Psychology and its collaborative support system ensures that students of the course will always have somewhere to turn to when questions arise.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Our courses are distance education or correspondence courses that avoid the constraints of a class room session. After registering for these courses, you will be provided with the study materials either via a download or a physical delivery to you.
STUDYING Students are expected to undertake the courses and study the materials at their own speed. However, they must complete the course within a reasonable time frame in order not to lose the effectiveness of their efforts.
SUPPORT Students will be able to receive assistance and guidance in their education via an on-line community created especially for this purpose. From time to time, as the course schedule or course requirements warrant, students may be invited to attend an on-line tutorial class to reinforce their learning.
MODULE 1 OVERVIEW:
Foundations of Oriental Psychology
In this module we will explore the psycho-philosophical basis of holistic Oriental medicine. The psychology inherent in the philosophies of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, provide profound insight into the nature of being and the relationship between energy (Qi) and spirit (Shen).
In turn, the ability to grasp the essence of Oriental psychology provides several benefits: a map that charts the evolution of consciousness (Shen), a blueprint for living harmoniously, and, a template for the resolution of conflict in daily life. At the core of Oriental psychology is the recovery of a peaceful mind and stable emotions.
Note
There is a long tradition associated with training protocol among practitioners of the Oriental healing arts for both teachers and students. One needs to carefully observe and understand how the principles operate within oneself in order to appreciate how they might operate in another. The self-assessment review and question supplements in the course are aimed at providing the student with ample opportunity to apply these principles. The objective therefore is to truly empower the student.
Highlights:
• The Role of the Healer
• The Key Features of Oriental Psychology
• The ‘Ba Gua’ Template and the Trigrams of Fu Tse
• Your Chief Characteristics
• Oriental Psychology and the Five Elements
MODULE 2 OVERVIEW:
Spiritual Alchemy
Module 2 explores the principles of spiritual alchemy according to the inner teachings of Taoism, a synthesis of Confucian, Chan Buddhist and Taoist philosophies. These principles were established in ancient times by the sages and disseminated through the classics, one of the traditional methods of inculcation in East Asia. The origin of spiritual alchemy in China can be traced back to the development of the Complete Reality School of Taoism, a movement that flourished between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.
The ramifications of applying this device to clinical psychology and various holistic medicine treatment protocols are immense. In effect, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the whole person can be addressed and in the process, negative and destructive behaviours can be eliminated. The principles of the spiritual alchemy are not difficult to learn but nonetheless, require diligent application.
Highlights:
• A Clinical Modus Operandi
• On the true nature of Yin and Yang
• On the Firing Process
• Assembly of the Five Elements
• The Process of Temporal Conditioning
MODULE 3 OVERVIEW:
I-Ching Applications to Psychology
The I-Ching is widely regarded, as a spiritual classic and there is extensive evidence to support this claim. Carl Jung, the eminent Swiss psychotherapist wrote an endearing preface to Richard Wilhelm’s translation of the Chinese text in 1950. He extolled its virtues with lyrical enthusiasm as did master novelists Aldous Huxley and Hermann Hesse in their creative and interpretive ways before him.
Indeed, the I-Ching has been applied to just about anything and everything,
so pervasive are its principles.
In this module, students will learn to interpret the hexagrams of the I-Ching and its Sixty-Four Principles. In addition, they will also learn to consult the I-Ching in a wide variety of applications including the calculation of personal Trigram and Hexagram configurations as well as the interpretation of the ‘rites of passage’ (lifetime cycles of change) that relate to spiritual lessons/challenges and the identification of the keys to self mastery.
Highlights:
• The I-Ching and the Sixty-Four Principles
• Consulting the I-Ching and Calculating Trigram Configurations
• Your Natal Number: The Nine Breaths of the Infant
• Your Control Number: The Nine Labours of the Adult
• Your Tendency Number: The Nine Habits of Mind
• Personal Hexagrams
• The Rites of Passage
MODULE 4 OVERVIEW:
Buddhist and Taoist Spiritual Practices
Module 4 explores the nature and application of Buddhist and Taoist psycho-spiritual practices. This module is a combination of theory and practice that is intended to provide students with the scope to develop and design their own spiritual practice regimen to be used personally in daily life.
Given the levels of stress most people experience whether at work or at home, the combination of applied meditation and simple exercise is particularly useful as a resource – if not, necessary.
Students will also study selected excerpts from a work called ‘Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization’ by an unknown author, discovered in manuscript form and published in 1739. According to Thomas Cleary the translator, this collection of meditations on various aspects of developing the natural, social and spiritual elements of human life are a synthesis of Taoist, Confucian and Buddhist teachings.
Meditation practices according to the Taoist paradigm are investigated thoroughly and accompanied by step-by-step instructions leading to the practice of a traditional technique used in the teachings of spiritual alchemy to cultivate and refine the psyche.
Highlights:
• Methods for cultivating a healthy mind and body
• Chants, Mantras and Special Exercises
• Developing spiritual exercise regimens
MODULE 5 OVERVIEW:
Metaphysics of Diagnosis in Oriental Medicine
The true nature of diagnostic inquiry practiced under the auspices of Oriental Medicine is metaphysical in approach and aims to explore the real causes of disease, their progressions and their harmonisations.
Perhaps the easiest way to explain the mechanism of metaphysics is to suggest that an illness manifesting in the physical body is the mirror of a dysfunction that began in Spirit. This is especially relevant in the context of psychological applications given that disease states are strongly influenced by mental processes and characterised by emotional disturbances of one kind or another.
In this module, students will learn to identify and diagnose energy leakages of the main channels according to the diagnostic protocol of Oriental Medicine especially making use of a metaphysical template that conjoins organ dysfunctions with their root cause. The application of this template facilitates a deeper appreciation of the causes of disease and their subsequent rectification.
Highlights:
• Emotional disturbances and the Organs
• The Channels
• Shen – residence of the Mind
• The five Mental-Spiritual aspects of Shen
• Basic Metaphysical Interpretations
• Metaphysical causes and cures
• Case studies
MODULE 6 OVERVIEW:
Sun Tzu’s Art of War
The Art of War has long been considered a classic, not only for the militarist but also for the layperson. Compiled by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, it is still regarded as the one of the most influential books of strategy in the world today.
When viewed in the light of the spiritual tradition of Taoism, the Art of War is a study in the psychology of conflict. By understanding conflict one develops the skills to diffuse or avoid it entirely. In this module, students will learn how to identify and evaluate the essential qualities of leadership and strategy according to the principles established by Master Sun and then apply them to daily life.
Highlights:
• Qualities of leadership
• Getting rid of trouble before it arises
• Cultivating strong alliances
• Cultivating the ability to avoid danger
• The relationship between benefit and harm
• The ‘Five Dangers’
• The challenges of leadership and patient management
MODULE 7 OVERVIEW:
Inner Chapters of Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu ranks as one of the most famous works of Chinese literature. Written by the sage Chuang Chou, an expositor of the teachings of Lao Tzu, the book is chiefly concerned with spiritual and social liberties that are cloaked in the fabric of symbolic stories. Chuang Chou implies that ultimately, any attempts to modify ‘the way things are’, is counter-productive in the sense that things are ‘as they are’ and should be left well alone. The concept of ‘Wu Wei’, the principle of non-interference, is ever present.
Not interfering with anything through the use of force, through indulging desires, through making others conform to a way of thinking – not interfering with how things are in the sense that interference is an outgrowth of the ego and any attempt to interfere is the urge to satisfy the ego’s desire for recognition.
In this module, students will learn to expose the root of the human condition, set aside illusions and discover something of the freedom that comes with investigating universal spiritual principles and applying them in daily life either through situational encounters (i.e. how to prepare for and manage situations) or refinement of personal conduct.
Highlights:
• ‘Lao Tan’s Funeral’
• ‘The Tigers’ Keepers
• ‘Prince Wen Hui’s Cook’
• ‘Shu the Hunchback’
• ‘The Butterfly’
• ‘Feelings’
• ‘Light and Dark’
MODULE 8 OVERVIEW:
Leadership and Strategy of the Huainanzi Masters
In this module, students will apply the teachings of the Masters of Huainan to the most essential aspects of lifestyle management with an aim to establish guidelines that can be followed simply and lead to the consolidation of personal autonomy. The teachings of the Masters of Huainan follow the ancient tradition of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu and reflect the distillation of the essence of Taoist wisdom and the arts of living using a variety of techniques.
Huainanzi is a record of sayings attributed to the Masters and these can be applied to the cultivation of personal development in order to enhance positive and constructive integration while living in the world. Written in a period of reconstruction following centuries of civil wars, the teachings emphasise the deleterious effects of habitual desires, the negative impact of greed and aggression on human psychology, and the importance of self-knowledge.
Highlights:
• Evaluating human mentalities
• Right and Wrong
• The Three Dangers
• The value of benevolence and urgency of wisdom
• The Three Passageways
• The birth of madness
• Benefits of non-contrivance
MODULE 9 OVERVIEW:
Zi Yang’s ‘Understanding Reality’
Using Zi Yang’s ‘Understanding Reality’ as a guide to penetrate the mysteries of the I-Ching in terms of the inner teachings of Taoism as well as the hidden secrets of spiritual alchemy, this module explores the various meanings attributed to the six steps of the ‘Yang Firing Process’ (the restoration of true Yang – the male principle) and the six steps of the ‘Yin Convergence’ (the restoration of true Yin – the female principle).
The Yang Firing Process is a practical vehicle used to clear the negative and destructive influences of temporal conditioning. Implementation of the ‘process’ contributes significantly to personal empowerment and increases inner strength. There is a specific order of application and a distinct protocol to be followed.
The Yin Convergence is also a practical and complementary tool that can be used to increase and enhance the experience of openness and stabilise the qualities of receptivity and flexibility. Both the Yang Firing Process and Yin Convergence are profound psychological resources that govern the recovery of wholeness within, assist in the management of daily life challenges on all levels, and define the steps to be taken by students in order to facilitate the cultivation of self-mastery.
Students will learn to identify the key principles and apply them to practical daily life challenges.
Highlights:
• The six steps of the Yang Firing Process:
‘Reordering’, ‘Walking the Talk’, ‘Living Truth’, ‘Passive Watchfulness’, ‘Selfless’, ‘Heavenly Order’.
• The six steps of the Yin Convergence:
‘Giving Instruction’, ‘Preserving Strength’, ‘Stagnation’, ‘Parenting’, ‘Giving Encouragement’, ‘Earthly Submission’.
MODULE 10 OVERVIEW:
Manifestations of Shen Disturbance
According to Giovanni Maciocia the word shen is best translated as Mind and is a complex of all five mental-spiritual aspects of a human being otherwise known as Spirit: the Ethereal Soul, the Corporeal Soul, Intellect, Will-power and Mind.
The functions of the Mind (Shen) are to facilitate consciousness, thinking, memory, insight, cognition, sleep, intelligence, wisdom, ideas, affections, feelings, and senses. Disturbances of these functions are directly related to one or more of the five Shen.
In this module, students will learn to identify the key pathologies and emotions responsible for disturbing the Shen including: disorders of Hun (Liver pathologies), Po (Lung pathologies), Yi (Spleen pathologies), Zhi (Kidney pathologies), and Shen (Heart pathologies), as well as evaluate and then apply their harmonisations.
Highlights:
• Disturbances of the Zhi, corresponding pathologies and psychological rectifications
• Disturbances of Hun, corresponding pathologies and psychological rectifications
• Disturbances of Shen, corresponding pathologies and psychological rectifications
• Disturbances of Yi, corresponding pathologies and psychological rectifications
• Disturbances of Po, corresponding pathologies and psychological rectifications
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