Jens-Erik Risom

Mindfulness er blevet beskrevet som en anden måde at bruge opmærksomheden på – en måde, som kan være en virksom modvægt til en række psykiske og fysiske belastninger som f.eks. stress, angst, kronisk smerte og depression. Bogen gennemgår mindfulness-metodens baggrund og sammenhæng med psykologiske og eksistentielle problemstillinger. Centralt står bevidsthedslivets grundvaner, som meditationstræningen konkret rettes imod. Bogen viser metodens kliniske og kreative anvendelsesmuligheder, f.eks. i psykoterapi, stress-behandling, innovation og personlige modningsprocesser.

This handbook to spirituality gathers together Danish meditation teacher Jes Bertelsen's advice on training the mind through wordless prayer and meditation to realize the essence of consciousness. Bertelsen has been teaching philosophy and meditation since the early 1970s; in 1989, he met the Tibetan lama Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, who authorized Jes Bertelsen to teach Dzogchen, and to do so using his own judgment as to the most appropriate way to assimilate these teachings into Western culture. Bertelsen's teachings are based on an experiential investigation of the nature of consciousness, using comparative analysis of Eastern and Western spiritual teachings and consciousness practices on a foundation of modern psychological, philosophical, and scientific approaches. Essence of Mind outlines the author's experience and approach to Dzogchen, the natural primordial state of human consciousness that is timeless, pure, and untouched by suffering. The book is divided into three parts. The first part describes different methods for pointing out the essence of consciousness and the techniques related to them. The second part seeks to outline the key principles of a training system suited to Western students that can lead to realization. The final section outlines the significance of continuous exercises, and describes the way spiritual practice slowly permeates daily life, dreams, sleep, and eventually death. Through the mind-training process, the practitioner approaches an almost ecstatic state of completion, a luminous, blissful wakefulness in which the consciousness is also fully relaxed, not clinging to bliss or desiring ecstasy, but transparent and open. Bertelsen emphasizes that while more advanced forms of spiritual training can only take place in a face-to-face, deeply engaged mutual process between teacher and student, books are useful as sources of inspiration, in particular to help review one's insights and refresh one's practice. Essence of Mind systematizes the experiences that occur along the spiritual path and helps students to refine, correct, and clarify their efforts; it is the author's hope that many students in the West will be able to benefit from his comparative approach to Dzogchen.

Neuroaffektiv udviklingspsykologi er en brobygning mellem den nyeste hjerneforskning, tilknytningsteori og udviklingspsykologi. Neuroaffektiv psykoterapi med voksne omsætter teorien til det psykoterapeutiske arbejde og præsenterer ideer til, hvordan man kan skabe personlighedsmæssige udviklingsprocesser i det udviklede nervesystem. Alle bogens bidrag bygger på den grundlæggende udviklingspsykologiske forståelse, at det er andres anerkendelse, som former selvet, og det er gennem andres anerkendelse, at man etablerer en bevidsthed om sig selv. Neuroaffektiv psykoterapi med voksne er ikke en ny behandlingsmetode, men et ”landkort”, der kan vise vej i forhold til mange forskellige hensigtsmæssige psykoterapeutiske metoder: Hvilken metode er anvendelig til hvem, til hvad og hvornår? Bogen samler udenlandske og danske forfatteres bidrag, der alle forholder sig til psykoterapi ud fra en kompleks forståelse af personlighedsudvikling som en gensidig proces mellem neurobiologi og relationel regulering. Bogen er inddelt i fem dele: 1. Integration af neuroaffektiv viden i det psykoterapeutiske felt 2. Neuroaffektiv udviklingspsykologi som grundlag for at forstå den psykoterapeutiske proces 3. Afstemningsprocesser i psykoterapi 4. Psykoterapeutisk intervention i forhold til alvorlige relationsforstyrrelser, traumer og dissociative lidelser 5. Mentaliseringsprocesser og psykoterapi. Bogen henvender sig til psykologer, psykiatere, psykoterapeuter, pædagoger og andre fagpersoner, der indgår i psykoterapi og miljøbehandling med voksne, heriblandt også familiebehandling. Susan Hart er psykolog og har tidligere udgivet bøgerne Neuroaffektiv psykoterapi med børn (2011), Dissociationsfænomener (2011), Den følsomme hjerne (2009), Hjerne, samhørighed, personlighed (2006), Betydningen af samhørighed (2006) og sammen med Rikke Schwartz Fra interaktion til relation (2008). Susan Hart har derudover skrevet artikler om neuroaffektiv udviklingspsykologi og afholder kurser i emnet.

First developed as a short manual for students in a yearlong meditation course, Presence Meditation offers a step-by-step program for increasing self-awareness through simple but revelatory exercises. The practice of presence meditation involves becoming present to whatever is going on and letting things be just as they are. This awareness is characterized by open attention and neutral observation, which increases the capacity to observe without judging, enables transformation without forcing, and opens the way to a more immediate sense of meaning and joy in life. Author Jens-Erik Risom begins by describing the purpose of meditation and the "four introductions" (rootedness, attention to breathing, fullness of feeling, and witness awareness), and then presents the gradual steps for achieving presence, deepening neutrality, opening to trust, sensing spaciousness, and more. There are many books about meditation on the market, from Western authors like Eckhart Tolle to Tibetan Buddhist teachers. But many people find it difficult to translate the message of these books into an actual experience of deepening awareness. Whether readers are seeking a spiritual practice, a more serene approach to stressful situations, improved concentration, or greater relaxation for better health, this compact manual offers a simple, undogmatic approach to meditation.

NÆRVÆRSMEDITATION – enkle anvisninger og en indføring i den gradvise metode. Bogen rummer en opsummering af 10 års undervisningserfaring med indre fordybelse gennem meditation. Efter en beskrivelse af arbejdet med koncentration gennemgås 10 trin i retning af det meditative nærvær. Bogen rummer endvidere en række konkrete øvelser som kan hjælpe til opdagelsen af et dybere og mere intenst nærvær, i nogle sammenhænge kaldet mindfulness. Afslutningsvist gennemgås en konkret livspraksis, der kan støtte arbejdet med meditation.