Ed Daigu Knight, Ph.D, CPRP is Vice President of Recovery, Rehabilitation and Mutual Support for ValueOptions, a national behavioral health managed care organization. He is a person living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. He has also been diagnosed with anxiety disorders, mania and depression. He is “dually diagnosed” with alcoholism. He manages his extreme mental and emotional states with Zen and small amounts of one psychiatric medication. With a regular zazen practice, 12 step work and Christian contemplative prayer he has been able to get off all other psychiatric medications and reduce the one he is currently on. Continue reading →
I have been privileged to form and facilitate three groups: The Healing Circle, Buddhism & Extreme States, and the Psychosis Dharma Community. They are not what might ordinarily be thought of as multi-faith Zen. The Healing Circle meets in a mental health client-run drop in center called the Haven House located in downtown Colorado Springs. Its members are almost entirely Evangelical Christian; however, it is open to individuals of all faiths or none at all. I give meditation instruction, and use terms that each member may understand and digest. On occasion, we discuss koans. I believe that the dharma is universal and can be found and expressed in all religious terminology if one looks carefully. Continue reading →
Psychosis Dharma Community will be hosting a Caucus at Alternatives 2010, please join us!
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After the Portland Hearing Voices Meditation Practice Day in April of 2020, ten participants met to brainstorm and plan what has become the Psychosis Dharma Community. These are the initial notes from that meeting.
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