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KnE Social Sciences 2020 E. Timoschuk 1 citation
The paper deals with the issue of the phenomenological foundations of polyculturalism on the basis of the categories of the following concepts: multi-layer being, concretization, intentionality, life world, and epoché. A comparison of phenomenology with eastern psychotechnics allows us to stress the importance of Husserl's break with the tradition of speculative philosophy. Phenomenology is a...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 2020 Ian E Wickramasekera 3 citations
Dzogchen meditation has been practiced by Bonpo and Buddhist yogis for at least 1,200 years. Dzogchen utilizes methods of meditation and yogic exercises that are said to help one fully awaken from illusions of self and reality that cause suffering in life. The philosophy and experiential practice of Dzogchen is very similar to hypnosis. Dzogchen techniques utilize hypnotic-like practices of...
Buddhism and Human Flourishing 2020 Seth Zuihō Segall
This chapter explores the foundations of the Buddhist doctrine of the anattā or “non-self,” and what the concept means and does not mean. It then examines the utility and limitations of the doctrine and proposes that the self is best understood as a set of interrelated reflective organismic processes. The chapter explains why Buddhism views the self as problematic and explores the degree to...
Frontiers in Psychology 2020 Sérgio Mota-Rolim, Kelly Bulkeley, Stephany Campanelli et al. 31 citations
Lucid dreaming (LD) began to be scientifically studied in the last century, but various religions have highlighted the importance of LD in their doctrines for a much longer period. Hindus' manuscripts dating back over 2,000 years ago, for example, divide consciousness in waking, dreaming (including LD), and deep sleep. In the Buddhist tradition, Tibetan monks have been practicing the "Dream...
Religions December 25, 2019 Mira Niculescu
Since the late 1990s, the expression “Jewish Mindfulness” has become ubiquitous in Jewish community centers (JCCs) and synagogues in America, in Israel, and in the Western diaspora. “Mindfulness”, a secular meditation technique originating from Buddhism which has been popularized in Western culture through its recontextualization within the Western therapeutic culture, has been increasingly...
December 1, 2019 A. Weiß, D. Caussade, V. Groff et al.
Resume L’objet de cette recherche est de questionner les potentiels effets de la meditation de pleine conscience sur la relation de soin dans le cadre de l’accompagnement de demence en EHPAD. Cet article est le prolongement de l’investigation faite sur le versant clinique de l’impact de la pratique de la meditation de pleine conscience sur le savoir-etre soignant en EHPAD. Six soignants ont...
December 1, 2019 A. Weiß, H. Meriadec, C. Combre
Resume L’accompagnement des patients ayant une pathologie neurodegenerative questionne et trouble l’ensemble des personnes dans une relation de soin. La pratique de la meditation de pleine conscience a ete questionnee par des psychologues et un moine zen, au sein d’un etablissement d’hebergement pour personnes âgees dependantes (EHPAD), comme dispositif a l’intention des soignants en vue de...
Believing in Bits November 28, 2019 C. Laursen
Starting around 2009, online communities envisioned and began practicing “tulpamancy”—the ability to imagine a sentient being, or “tulpa,” into existence through heightened states of imagination. Originating in Tibetan Buddhist mysticism and contemporary paranormal lore, online users create tulpas, which they sense as a distinct personality within their minds and bodies, for companionship....
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) November 21, 2019 Roberto Guidotti, Cosimo Del Gratta, Mauro Gianni Perrucci et al. 1 citation preprint
Abstract The effects of intensive meditation practices on the functional and structural organization of the human brain have been addressed by a growing number of neuroscientific studies. However, the different modulations of meditation expertise and of ageing, in the underlying brain areas and networks, have not yet been fully elucidated. These effects should be distinguished in order to...
Somatechnics November 20, 2019 Jaana Parviainen, Ilmari Kortelainen
Tech companies have eagerly utilised mindfulness techniques in order to increase both creativity and productivity among their managers and employees. However, while a growing number of studies within fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry suggest that mindfulness provides myriad health benefits, such literature does not critically evaluate the societal and affective influences of...