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Publication Date: 2020
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Trauma as the Turning Point in Opening up Self-Education: Embracing Sorrow and This World through "No-Self Realisation"
Wang, Chia-Ling
Educational Philosophy and Theory, v52 n13 p1400-1408 2020
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.
Descriptors: Trauma, Self Actualization, Teaching Methods, Spiritual Development, Buddhism, Religion, Non Western Civilization, Coping, Stress Management
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