CHUANG TZU'S NEI P'IEN Psychotherapeutic Commentaries: A Wayfaring Conselor's Renderingof The Seven Interior Records
by Raymond Bart Vespe
paperback / $19.95 / 978-1-58790-378-6 / 274 pages /6” x 9”
Chinese Taoism / Chuang Tzu / Psychotherapy
About the Book
The Chuang Tzu is a principal text of the ancient Spiritual tradition of Chinese Taoism. It is a colletion of illustrative tales in thirty-three chapters recorded over two thousand years ago and which has since undergone hundreds of translations, commentaries and adaptations. The first seven Inner Chapters/Nei P’ien of The Chuang Tzu text are attributed to Chuang Chou/Tzu, the serene/ubiquitous/Master, and are rendered here as the Interior Records. Nei P’ien tales are lively portrayals of how individual beings manage to find their truth, freedom and happiness at a time in Chinese history of rampant bloody internecene warfare between rulers of separate states vying for hegemony.
The present work is an original rendering of the tales in the seven Interior Records/Nei Pien. The psychotherapeutically-oriented commentaries given for each of the tales are not only useful for professionals practicing psychotherapy, but also for anyone interested in truly and Soulfully living a more Spiritually awakened, natural, free and happy human life.
About the Author
Raymond Vespe is currently retired after a fulfilling sixty-two year long professional career of learning, teaching, training, supervising, mentoring, counseling and practicing that integrates the psychospiritual and psychotherapeutc teachings and practices of Chinese Taoist philosophy and existential/phenomenological/humanistic/transpersonal psychologies.
A TAOIST TRILOGY
THREE TAOIST CLASSICS / SAN TAO CHING
Vol. 1 Lao Tzu’s
Tao Virtuosity Experience
Vol. 2 Chuang Tzu’s
Seven Interior Records
Vol. 3 Lieh Tzu’s
Nature of Real Living
Original Renditions and Psychotherapeutic Commentaries
Raymond Bart Vespe
The essential perennial wisdom and way of being and living modeled and transmitted by the three most central historical figures of the ancient Chinese Spiritual and philosophical tradition of Taoism; Sacred and wise, true and free and real and practical Tao-identified Sages and Masters; is contained in this never before combined three volume boxed-set trilogy, two of which have now been published.
The author’s original renderings of, and cogent psychotherapeutic commentaries upon, the over two-thousand year old classics of ancient Chinese Taoism are made from the broad perspective of a seasoned wayfaring counselor and sojourning pilgrim with over sixty years of personal and professional experience integrating and interweaving the teachings and practices of Eastern psychospiritual traditions and disciplines and the theories and methodologies of Western psychotherapeutic schools and approaches.
The renditions and commentaries are not only intended for use by professional psychotherapists and counselors. While they offer an alternative, complementary and integrative way of conducting psychotherapy as traditionally and conventionally practiced; they are made relevant, meaningful, useful and beneficial for us modern day human beings who are interested in wisely, truly, freely and practically; Spiritually and Soulfully; being a more awakened, real, authentic and intimate individual and living a more optimal, fulfilling, peaceful and enjoyable life.