Trauma as the turning point in opening up self-education
Embracing sorrow and this world through no-self realisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8856644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chia‐Ling Wang (0000-0002-8963-1006, National Taiwan Ocean University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 1400-1408 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00131857.2020.1777852 |
| OpenAlex | W3034268304 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Life is ever-changing and unpredictable. Because of drastic changes in our society, numerous people are under pressure from various sources at school, in the workplace, or in their families. People need a therapeutic pedagogy to develop the capacity to heal from their traumas. Conventionally, education is assumed to enhance learners’ self-realisation. This article proposes another viewpoint of self-realisation, or rather its reverse, from the spiritual aspect as a manner of self-realisation without the self, called no-self realisation. The idea is developed from both the Buddhist and Daoist perspectives on the wisdom of the no-self. This article suggests that no-self realisation is a therapeutic approach that supports one to turn direction from seeking for extrinsic value to exploring inner wisdom while meeting with misfortune. It can be applied as a manner of self-education for equipping positive attitude to cope with human trauma. No-self realisation can be attained by achieving freedom from releasing self-consciousness. It deconstructs the narrow idea of the ego-self. When the ego is out of mind, the capacity of the human self is able to broaden its scope. This creates a realisation—a no-self realisation—for completing a mature life with a no-self mind that opens up the capacity for unlimited tolerance. One is thus able to embrace this world and the harm caused in the world
Aesthetics · Period (music · Psychoanalysis · Realisation · Self · Sociology · Sorrow · Turning point · Education and Islamic Studies · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |