這個觀點與現代心理治療的「接納與承諾療法(ACT)」不謀而合。ACT透過認知解融合(cognitive defusion)的技巧,讓人們能與念頭保持距離,不再被它們左右(Hayes et al., 2012)。研究顯示,實踐這種方法的人通常擁有更穩定的情緒與更清晰的思考(Gillanders et al., 2014)。就像禪常說的:念頭只是意識天空中的雲,來了就讓它來,走了就讓它走。
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