Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility)

Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility) combines the poetry of Rumi with Carl Jung's concepts of the self and explains notions such as self-discovery self-actualization self-liberation self-determination self-assertion and self-knowledge. Each chapter offers an explanation from a self-psychology perspective a series of Rumi's poems and a series of famous quotes relating to the subject. This book combines the concepts of Rumi and Carl Jung to help the reader become familiar with the concept of self. <p>This book will use a combination of psychological and spiritual approaches in an attempt to face and communicate with the reader the reality of the deeper layers of a person's being; the self's different aspects. Hopefully it will help the reader in understanding the concept of self. The meanings of the poems of Rumi a 13th century Persian poet who is said to be one of the most popular poets in the West as well as the East are explained in this book. <p>In addition Carl Jung's concepts of self are combined in an attempt to form an explanation of an expanded and well-developed self. Jung was the Swiss psychiatrist who founded the concept of analytical psychology.