Ajahn Amaro

Pattern Theory of Selflessness: How Meditation May Transform the Self-Pattern

Mindfulness August 1, 2024 Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Kirk Warren Brown, Shaun Gallagher et al. 22 citations

Abstract For many centuries, scholars and philosophers from wisdom traditions in different cultures have reported and discussed non-self states of consciousness. These states can be both short-term (state, transitory) and long-term (trait, lasting) conditions. However, in psychology, the importance of a healthy self is usually emphasized, and some theorists have dismissed the idea of “selfless”...