Abstract In his talk, Joseph Campbell introduces Indian and Far Eastern arts to Western audiences. Both sets of practices foster a transformation of the mind that is accompanied by the reduction of a subjective sense of the self. This “ego-quenching” process can be fostered by skills that are typically developed by mindfulness or meditation training (vigilance, cognitive flexibility,...
Both creativity and responsibility are important higher-order skills to develop to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and both are related to attentional states of consciousness and to ethics. Meditation is a set of practices that trains attentional and emotional regulation. A few studies have shown that different kinds of meditation can foster different kinds of creative thinking, and...
Researchers have recently turned their focus to a specific area: the links between altered states of consciousness and creativity. A spectrum of attentional states of consciousness exists, from hypnagogia and mind wandering to mindfulness and flow. These attentional states of consciousness are present during a variety of activities (e.g., sports, music, painting, writing, video games, theater,...