International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
September 7, 2026
Adv. Rajiv Shinde
In much popular writing, uposatha is glossed simply as "fasting day," collapsing it into upavāsa ("fasting"). This paper argues that the two words denote two distinct — though historically intertwined — practices. Etymologically, upavāsa (upa + √vas) lexicalizes the act of abstaining from food, a dietary discipline shared across Vedic, Ayurvedic and devotional traditions; upavasatha (Pāli...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
August 23, 2026
Vishesh Srivastava
Beliefs surrounding black magic, spirit influence, and ritual harm have long been interwoven into India's cultural and spiritual fabric, significantly shaping personal behavior, social relationships, and health-seeking pathways. Despite their prevalence, discourse in this domain remains sharply divided between traditional acceptance and empirical dismissal, leaving the subjective, lived reality...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
August 16, 2026
Eric P. Rubenstein
Ayahuasca is traditionally prepared by aqueous extraction and concentration of Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. The resulting beverage contains N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), harmine, harmaline, tetrahydroharmine (THH), additional alkaloids, polyphenolic constituents, carbohydrates, organic acids, suspended solids, and numerous other plant-derived compounds. The source plants are...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
August 12, 2026
Elias Rubenstein
Structured practices in ritual and contemplative settings often claim reliable change through formal protocols, disciplined attention, prior alignment, and staged calibration. Debate commonly polarizes between extraordinary causation and generic expectancy accounts. This paper offers a third option: a methodological framework that treats such practices as informational interventions acting on...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
August 6, 2026
Abstract Paulo Coelho's Hippie (2018) reimagines his own passage across the 1970s “Magic Bus” route from Amsterdam to Kathmandu as a hybrid of memoir and myth, folding autobiography into a narrative of spiritual seeking. This essay argues that the novel uses the physical itinerary of the historical Hippie Trail to stage an internal itinerary, in which the countercultural rejection of Western...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
July 31, 2026
Eric P. Rubenstein
Set, setting, preparation, and integration are widely recognized as important dimensions of psychedelic experiences. However, these concepts often remain too general to specify how preparation, containment, and aftercare should differ across substances, routes of administration, acute duration, residual effects, bodily condition, and interaction exposure. This article proposes the...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
July 11, 2026
Pushpendra Yaduvanshi, Barkha Sahu, Tanay Bhardwaj
Background: Sleep disturbance, stress, and anxiety are highly prevalent among older adults and adversely affect physical health, cognitive function, and quality of life. Meditation is a safe, low-cost, non-pharmacological intervention that may improve these interrelated outcomes. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an 8-week structured meditation program on perceived stress, anxiety, and sleep...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
July 6, 2026
Charles E Peck
This is a multidisciplinary cultural analysis of the Blaan-T’boli Dream Weaving tradition in Mindanao, Philippines and compare the Filipino culture and ethics - such as Kapwa - shared identity and Loob – relational will (for which there are no equivalent words in English) - to Western sociological and anthropological theories: Geertz’s ideology as a cultural system and social mapping; Emile...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
July 4, 2026
Eric P. Rubenstein
Human societies have long used stimulant plants, psychoactive preparations, prescription medicines, commercial products, and traditional botanical substances to support wakefulness, endurance, labor, ritual, social participation, attention, motivation, fatigue resistance, performance, and human optimization. Modern drug policy regulates this field unevenly. Coffee, tea, caffeine, nicotine,...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
June 28, 2026
Lalit Saikia
Yoga, an ancient practice originating in India, has evolved from a spiritual discipline into a globally recognized system for promoting physical, mental, and holistic well-being. This review paper studies yoga awareness, practice, and research in India, identifying key influencing factors, government initiatives, and existing challenges. Yoga awareness in India is remarkably high across diverse...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
June 27, 2026
Raushan Kumar
The National Education Policy 2020 has a strong focus on holistic, transdisciplinary and value-based learning in India’s teacher education reform. A major reform in this context is the Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) which aims to produce capable, reflective and socially aware teachers. The article deals with the Panchkosha philosophy, coming from the Taittiriya Upanishad, as a...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
June 12, 2026
Charles Peck Jr
Vilbert Vallance observes, “Excellent, Excellent Article!” and “You bring clarity to those who grieve.. which brings comfort.” thank you chaplain Vilbert, India From the earliest history humans have had dreams of death and the deceased. The first recorded dream of the deceased dates from 2100 B.C. in Egypt: “Around 2100 B.C., an Egyptian man named Heni wrote a letter to his dead father, asking...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
June 6, 2026
Elias Rubenstein
This article develops the concept of transformational information as a non-reductionist framework for analyzing how information mediates transformation, knowledge, and agency. Information is not treated merely as data, message, or representation, but as structured difference capable of producing durable and examinable change in orientation, coherence, trajectory, or practical capacity. The...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
June 4, 2026
Hena Chugh, J Savalia
Background: Burnout syndrome has become endemic to healthcare professions and is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a diminished sense of accomplishment. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced additional burdens to pre-existing stressors and has left the global healthcare workforce, including those in India, with an ongoing psychological crisis. Objective: The aim of this...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
May 23, 2026
Plamen Nikolov
The neurophenomenological theory of time unites the phenomenological understanding of the structure of temporal experience and its constituent elements with the findings of experimental cognitive neuroscience. On the one hand, this leads to a process of external manifestation of strictly defined neurobiological temporal attributes, and on the other – to a phenomenological description that...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
May 5, 2026
Gunja Gupta
Making moral decisions is a critical skill for management students in the fast-paced commercial world of today. However, kids' moral judgment is frequently impacted by growing academic pressure, competition, and exposure to unethical behavior. This study uses a descriptive research design to investigate how Rajyoga meditation helps management students make moral decisions. The study is based on...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
May 2, 2026
L. Marak
Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali is one of the finest expressions of Indian devotional poetry, blending personal spiritual experience with universal mysticism. Similarly, Harendra W. Marak’s documentation of traditional Garo poetry, especially Dani Doka, highlights the deep spiritual dimensions of Garo indigenous life, especially during the Wangala festival. This paper explores the thematic...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
April 27, 2026
Ketankumar Pethani, Somnath Vadnere -
ABSTRACT Increasing stress and anxiety in today's world have highlighted the importance of resilience in the lives of young people. This research examines the impact of Rajyoga Meditation as taught by the Brahma Kumaris on various aspects of resilience, namely hope, tolerance, adaptability and resilience. An experimental design was used with 100 participants split randomly into an experimental...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
April 23, 2026
Ketankumar Pethani, Somnath Vadnere -
It is a research on the reliability of Rajyoga Meditation as a stress management intervention among the young people of India. Increasing demands at school, job insecurity, and socio-cultural changes have increased the levels of stress among the youth. To measure the effects of Rajyoga Meditation, the study will take a mixed-method approach, which will be a combination of quantitative...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
April 22, 2026
Aparna Shukla, Shubhangi Chandrikapure
Hallucinations are perceptual disturbances occurring without external stimuli, commonly observed in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and substance-induced psychosis. Dysregulation of monoaminergic neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine and serotonin, plays a central role in their pathophysiology. Dopaminergic hyperactivity in the mesolimbic pathway leads to aberrant salience...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
April 19, 2026
Krushnakant Nagargoje, Arvind Rawat, Kirti Maurya
The origins of human spirituality extend far beyond organised religions and formal philosophical systems, emerging instead from early experiential practices embedded within indigenous cultures
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
March 20, 2026
Sumanta Pramanik, Payel Barman -
The nature of consciousness remains one of the most enduring and challenging questions in philosophy and cognitive science. While philosophy of mind has developed rich conceptual frameworks to understand subjective experience, empirical disciplines such as psychology and neuroscience attempt to investigate consciousness through experimental and observational methods. Despite substantial...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
March 16, 2026
Anupma Chaandel, Saamdu Chetri
This study explains personality by combining Western psychology and Indian yogic philosophy. It shows that personality is not just traits or behavior but a growth of awareness and inner balance through body, mind, and consciousness: Pañca-Kośa, Triguṇa, and Antaḥkaraṇa. Yoga is presented as a practical path for personality development and inner transformation.
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
March 9, 2026
V Srinidhi, R Rajaswathy
School children are frequently exposed to academic stress, and pain both physical and psychological can negatively influence their well-being and performance. This study explores the potential of the body scan technique, a simple mindfulness practice, as an intervention to help children manage pain and academic stress. During the intervention, participants attend body scan meditation sessions 3...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
March 4, 2026
Mayur Raturi, Rekha Sharma
Self-aliveness, characterized by a sense of vitality, authenticity, and active presence, is associated with self-determination, well-being, and therapeutic transformation. However, the specific environmental and physical conditions that best foster this state are not yet clearly defined. This research examined whether engaging in high-altitude walk-and-talk therapy in the Indian Himalayas could...