Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness

by Mark Epstein

This is the function of meditation practice: It provides a method of getting the mind out of the way so that we can be at one with our experience.

Delusion is the mind’s tendency to seek premature closure about something.

was making a boundary between my mind and body that was limiting my experience. In the world of psychotherapy this is called a defense. I was trying to protect myself from anxiety by distancing myself from it.