Nissim Amon (

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: ''ניסים אמון''; born 1963) is an Israeli

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and

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teacher. He is the developer of the '' Trilotherapy'' therapeutic system and the author and translator of several books and publications.

Biography

Nissim Amon was born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

in 1963 to a secular family. He served in the

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under the

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and fought in the Lebanon War. After his military service, he went on a trip to the Far East and became acquainted with

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. Amon later joined a

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monastery in South Korea, where he enrolled in a curriculum in English for Western monks. At that time, Westerners were not required to undergo the long mentorship period of their Korean counterparts. At the Hwa Gye Sa monastery, he became the first Israeli monk in Korea.Under the guidance of Zen Master Seung Sahn, Amon received his accreditation as a meditation teacher. Afterwards, he continued on to Japan, there he joined the

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of Zen Master G. W. Nishijima of the ''Soto Zen'' order. There, Amon was trained and certified as a Zen master. From there, he continued to

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and taught Zen at Osho's ''Multiversity''. There, he was exposed to various therapeutic methods that combined Zen Buddhism and Western psychological approaches, first amongst which was the Gestalt approach. Upon his return to Israel, Amon established and managed a class for higher consciousness at Madison college. He published several books on the topic of meditation and hosted groups and retreats. He also hosted a television program entitled ''Sod Ha Osher Ha Pnimi'' (the secret of internal happiness) on Israeli Channel 8. Amon married Merav and in 2001, the couple moved to the Greek island of

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, where he established, along with his partners, a meditation and retreat center called ''Tao's''. During his time there, he developed the ''Trilotherapy'' system. In ''Trilotherapy'', the therapist turns to two separate aspects of a patient's personality, intellect and emotion—"The Internal Children", according to the theory—and communicates with them separately. This communication awakens a third entity—The Middle, "The Parent" which, according to the theory, embodies the "True Self", towards which the path of Zen is aimed. In 2008, Amon returned to Israel and currently resides with his family in

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Publications

* – ''Hidat Ha Lotus'' (The Lotus Riddle) (1997) * – ''KeShe Moshe Pagash et Buddha'' (When Moses Met Buddha) * – ''Mi Natan La Pil Af Aroch Ve Mi Matach et Ha Girafa?'' (Who Gave the Elephant a long Snout and Who Stretched the Giraffe?) ( Tao book for children) (2004) * – ''Avkat Namer'' (Tiger's Powder) (2011) * – ''Kwan Se Om'' (Music CD), with Ori Ofir * ''Eastern Wisdom: The Treasure Box'' (Gatekeeper Press, 2017)

References

External links

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Trilotherapy
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