Dr Alok Gupta MD, FIAP, Jaipur

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒 𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲. She was undergoing Psychotherapy after separation from her hubby. He had hassled her. In the earlier sessions there was no change and suddenly she glowed 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐆𝐔𝐘𝐒 The Psychologist was overjoyed and patted her own back till she realised that a Past Life Regression session helped the lady . In PLR she was told that in the last birth she had hassled her hubby and this birth the role was reversed. So 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘴. I don't know anything about PLR & this is not a recommendation Today the world is complex and people free themselves from the bondage of pain through a zillion means. The Bhagwad Geeta educated us that when Arjuna put his bow and arrow down in the battlefield,, Krishna provided the cure. CBT therapists claim it was Cognitive Restructuring 𝘋𝘢𝘴𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘩 by 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘢𝘴 is pure CBT with a dash of Spiritualism. If 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 lived in that era they would have translated it in English. 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢 in her simple language shifts the irrational cognitions in her own impactful way. "𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 & 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 " 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐨. I disagree and they should and they are meeting in our era. Every Western Psychotherapy today talks of mindfulness as a part of their larger ingredient along with the older active ingredient. Some believe , mindfulness is the alternative where in their therapy is the real treatment. ℳ𝒾𝓃𝒹𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 is a word translated from the word 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘪 in Pali and borrowed from 𝘝𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢. So there are many mix and match happening depending upon the cultural context & other reasons. 𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 , 𝐕𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 , 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 Everyone may not do well with yoga or Vipassana and ditto with REBT , CBT etc. Different things work for different people. And a culturally proficient therapist will know intuitively or through experience whether to use an eclectic approach or a syncretic one ( mixture or a compound ) Rituals are Psychotherapies as long as it is not practiced as a formality . The Vedas , Upanishads and various texts though unstructured have deep insights that can be brought to the table Retreats in every religion , Buddhist , Christian or Muslim and others are talk therapies. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 , 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭 𝘏𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 . 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.....Meaning in life. This is therapy too. 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵. Yet I am sure that the non specific ingredients also help. So Modern Science & traditional Science need to blend for the larger goals. Be careful that superstitions don't seep in Excerpts of my sharing in the P. K .Saru Endowment Memorial Lecture recently. I spoke on , Civilizational Awakening : The Radical Shift Shaping Mental Health. 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 Anisha Pandya & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚, 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐤, 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐒𝐚𝐢, 𝐑𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚 ,𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚 The group of Transactional Analysis ( TA ) practitioners were energetic & calm.