The Evolution Of Consciousness And Psychotherapy

Since 19th century, most of the psychologists admit that transpersonal states take different forms at different stages of human development. They are interested in the effects of meditation and psychedelic drugs on consciousness. Along the way, a new field of transpersonal psychiatry was formed.The transpersonal psychiatrist set forth a multifaceted approach to spirituality and psychiatry. Taken together, these interdisciplinary perspectives provide an understanding of the human psyche that is more comprehensive than current psychiatry and psychological approaches. The result is a true science of body, mind, soul, and spirit, honoring the biopsychosociospiritual continuum that is the human condition. As a result of the preceding characteristics, transpersonal psychiatry is going to be multidisciplinary, relying on the methods, findings and traditions of various fields including biology, anthropology, literature, criminology, theology and sociology. A cross-cultural approach is essential to transpersonal psychiatry and psychology. There was an integral movement across personal and transpersonal, Eastern and Western, knowledge and wisdom, art and philosophy, in order to establish a "Human Consciousness Project".In this thesis, the first part point out emphatically the general situation of research and the integral theories in the field of transpersonal psychiatry, including the new discipline and theory established by William James, Jung and Ken Wilber. Besides the definition and history was the theory of unitive consciousness.The second part illustrated the techniques of transpersonal therapy and the treatment category of transpersonal psychiatry.The third part put forward the criticism by the field of clinical and anthropology.The forth part make an inquiry into the development of high consciousness, including its techniques and curative effect.Besides these, I also mentioned about the theory, principle and effects of treatment by Yoga. After than is the Transcendental Meditation, including the Vedic science and technology, unified field of natural law, the seven state of consciousness,the techniques to get in touch with Being,and also the evolution of nervous system.