Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 2, 2026
Rubens Turci
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This essay examines the passage from attentional regulation to contemplative orientation and responsible participation. It distinguishes concentration, mindfulness, kindfulness, heartfulness, contemplation, and responsibility as changing functions within contemplative practice rather than as a rigid hierarchy of techniques. Through the images of the compass, the wheel, and the axis, the essay...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 27, 2026
Rubens Turci
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Meditation is often studied through the states it produces: attention, calm, emotional regulation, altered perception, or measurable physiological effects. These investigations are valuable, but they do not yet tell us whether a person has become more capable of discernment, responsibility, care, or truthful action. This essay proposes a movement from the study of meditative states to an...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 16, 2026
Rubens Turci
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This essay examines heartfulness as the living reconduction of consciousness to the hṛdaya, understood as the cognitive and ontological axis of contemplative life. It articulates the sādhana of the instant, formal meditative practice, mantra, and Dinacaryā as mutually implicated dimensions of a single movement in which recollection educates life and life, in turn, deepens contemplative...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
May 20, 2026
Rubens Turci
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This essay argues that a mature science of consciousness cannot rely only on third-person observation of neural, behavioral, or functional correlates. It must also develop disciplined first-person inquiry: trained, refined, communicable, and corrigible forms of observing experience from within. In dialogue with neuroscience, phenomenology, contemplative practice, and syntropic philosophy, the...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
February 19, 2026
Rubens Turci
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This essay proposes contemplative science as a field of inquiry concerned with the disciplined relation between first-person experience and public forms of investigation. Its central criterion is public corrigibility: lived experience matters for inquiry insofar as it can become more articulable, comparable, and open to correction. The essay distinguishes first-person inquiry from third-person...
F1000Research
July 4, 2023
David Duarte, Cabral Lima, Priscila M. V. Lima et al.
2 citations
Background: Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems allow the use of electroencephalographic activities to control devices. As such, it can be an important tool for disabled people since using a BCI does not involves any muscular stimulation. Despite its great potential as an assistive technology, BCI systems are yet scarcely available outside scientific contexts. The main reason is that BCI is...