Psychology Today has published an article on how to live in the moment, written by Jay Dixit.
It’s an interesting article that achieves the characteristically middle-aged-housewife blend of spirituality and psychology. (I say middle-aged-housewife because in the physical copy, there are ads for detergents, cleaning sprays, and progesterone cream.)
Some of the phrases used in the article — eternal witness, observe the moment, become aware, breathe — suggest that the mind writing the text has digested Eastern spiritual texts, especially Swami Vivekananda. Search for “eternal witness” in this section of Vivekananda’s complete works, and you will see one example what I mean.
Psychology, a science, is the discipline that blends most with Vivekananda-esque spirituality, sometimes even more so than the academic study of religion. It’s especially interesting that an article in such a popular magazine is infused with the language and aesthetic of texts we commonly associate with our religion.
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What both intrigues me and bothers me is that so much of ancient Hindu knowledge is suddenly being discovered by Western pop culture which deals with it as if it is some new phenomenon. This includes Hindu knowledge all the way from Hindu diets, medicines and herbs (now used in aromatherapy products), and philosophies. Is it wrong that Hindus didn’t invest more effort into spreading these ideas, or it is wrong that Westerners are using these ideas as commercial goods?
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