Western Psychology, Eastern Spirituality with Jeffrey Rubin (#390)

Religion on the Mind

I sit down with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jeffrey Rubin to explore his concept of meditative psychotherapy — a genuinely reciprocal integration of Western psychoanalysis and Eastern contemplative practice that goes far deeper than the usual mindfulness-lite approaches. We get into what meditation actually is (hint: not just stress relief), spiritual bypassing, the scandals that keep plaguing Buddhist communities, and why real healing requires both quieting the mind and doing hard psychological work.

Highlights:

  • Meditation isn't just symptom reduction

  • East-West integration done poorly vs. well

  • Spiritual bypassing across traditions

  • AI, dreams, and idiographic meaning

  • Three stages of meditative psychotherapy


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2026-03-30 67 min

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