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Visuddhimagga

Buddhist canonical text teaching recognition and discrimination of wholesome vs. unwholesome inner states (cittas), cited as historical precedent for Alexander's method

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  • Citta
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    Buddhist Pali term for moments of consciousness; the Visuddhimagga teaches 89 types, some wholesome (kusala) and some unwholesome (akusala), analogous to Alexander's inner states

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  • Post-Cartesian Method of Observation
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    The core framework introduced in this chapter: using the observer's experienced inner wholeness as an objective measuring instrument for the degree of life in external systems

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