The Two Arrows of Pain: Mechanisms of Pain Related to Meditation and Mental States of Aversion and Identification
Mindfulness January 28, 2022 Valentina Nicolardi, Luca Simione, Domenico Scaringi et al. 28 citations
Abstract Objectives According to the core Buddhist psychology models of the “two arrows of pain” and “co-dependent origination,” pain is the resultant of bodily and mental factors, which can be regulated by meditation states and traits. Here we investigated how pain and the related aversion and identification (self-involvement) experiences are modulated by focused attention meditation (FAM),...