Dr. Murray Banks "How to Live With Yourself until the Psychiatrist Comes"
I used to listen to this 1965 album of my dad's when I was a kid.
Certainly dated, especially medically, but humanistic, wise and hilarious, Dr. Murray Banks rapid fires outstanding Borscht Belt jokes to illustrate principles of "mental hygiene." A lot of it describes roughly what we would call mindfulness, resilience, and work-life balance and even some recognizable parts of cognitive behavioral therapy, with the focus less on why and more on action.
It's a remarkably entertaining and encouraging talk: "If you work with fear and hatred in your heart you will be exhausted in ten minutes."
3 Comments:
Thanks, I enjoyed this.
I hadn't heard it in 40 years. The comic timing/delivery alone is impressive.
I don't believe in role models (apart from Shaun Livingston and Mahmoud Adbul-Rauf) but before she passed Joko Beck had kind words for Steve Hagen at Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis. Here is one of his:
"We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop."
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