MEDITATION, EGODØD OG VOKSENUDVIKLING
Christian Warnke Dalgas
Psyke & Logos December 31, 2005 DOI: 10.7146/pl.v26i2.8240 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that ego death, understood through Almaas's theory as a gradual process of disidentifying with self-images and reclaiming unity with being, can be a developmental path in adulthood. The article also contends that critiques of spirituality as mere self-realization are simplistic. |
Abstract
Artiklen undersøger det spirituelle fænomen egodød som en mulig udviklingsvej i det voksne liv. Det teoretiske hovedafsæt er A. H. Almaas’ selvpsykologisk inspirerede forståelse af egodød som en gradvis proces bestående af en afvikling af personlighedens tendens til at identificerer sig med selvbilleder kombineret med en generobring af den enhed med væren, som alle, ifølge Almaas, oplever som spæd. Almaas’ teori relateres til hhv. Bertelsens teori om selvets rettethedsniveauer og Wilbers teori om spirituel udvikling, og der tages afslutningsvist kritisk stilling til den forsimplede kritik af spiritualitet som et selvcentreret selvrealiseringsfænomen.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |