March 22, 2017
Mohamed Safiullah Munsoor, H. S. Munsoor
Purpose Modern life is characterized by its hectic life-style, which invariably leads to high levels of stress having negative consequences for the mind-body. Thus, people are seeking for natural ways to achieve a sense of equilibrium and peace. Neuroscience has identified beneficial findings from contemplative practices like meditation, prayers and fasting. Within the Islamic framework, these...
Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität Wien
March 6, 2017
Karl-Klaus Madert
Achtsamkeit als Funktionszustand erweitert die Fähigkeit des Psychotherapeuten und der Psychotherapeutin zum mitfühlenden Kontakt, der die Voraussetzung für eine heilsame Traumabehandlung ist. Achtsamkeit, wie in der Zen-Meditation geübt, als Mittel zur Stärkung von Selbstreferenz, ist notwendig, um zwischen Ich-Selbst und der im Spiegelneuronensystem gespiegelten Befindlichkeit eines...
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
February 20, 2017
Graham St John
10 citations
With clinical psychiatrist Rick Strassman's DMT: The Spirit Molecule as a vehicle, the pineal gland has become a popularly enigmatic organ that quite literally excretes mystery. Strassman’s top selling book documented ground-breaking clinical trials with the powerful mind altering compound DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) conducted at the University of New Mexico in the early 1990s. Inflected with...
Journal of Analytical Psychology
February 2017
Murray B. Stein
The psychological process of individuation as experienced in Jungian work may lead to states of consciousness that resemble advanced spiritual developments across religious traditions and cultures. This is where Westerners may reach a common ground with the East. In the essentials and with respect to the final goal there is little difference among the many ways to the self, even if the cultural...
January 30, 2017
R. Allinson
The Platform Sutra, which dates back to the seventh century C.E., is one of the classic documents of Chinese philosophy and is the intellectual autobiography of Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch of Ch’an Buddhism. In the Platform Sutra, the Sixth Patriarch demonstrates that the spiritual and intellectual problems of consciousness stem from a false adherence to the dualistic standpoint. The Sixth...
Education and Culture
2017
Kyle A. Greenwalt, Cuong H. Nguyen
5 citations
In this paper, we explore the degree to which the Buddhist mindfulness practice and the habits of democratic citizenship can be reconstructed in light of each other. We ask what mindfulness is, seeking to first understand it in its Buddhist context. Then we turn to the work of John Dewey in order to seek possibilities for mutual reconstruction. Finally, we ask how we can reconcile mindful...
Center for International and Regional Studies
2017
Samani Pratibha Pragya
This study is an attempt to trace the history and development of prekṣā-dhyāna (perception meditation), developed in the last quarter of the twentieth century by Ācārya Mahāprajña (1920-2010), the tenth ācārya of the Jaina Śvetāmbara Terāpanth sect.Prekṣā-dhyāna represents a new synthesis of ancient Jaina ascetic techniques, classical ritualistic meditative elements, and modern science, aimed...
NRCT Data Center
2017
Boonchaya WiwitKhajorn
This research has the objectives which are; to study the practical and the examination guidelines in Theravada, to study the practical and the examination of the three Meditation Organization in Myanmar, to study and analyse the practical and the examination guidelines in the Buddhist scriptures and the Meditation Organization in Myanmar.From the research it has found that : The practical and...
Texas ScholarWorks
2017
Danielle Elizabeth Burnham
1 citation
Over the span of 2,500 years, mindfulness techniques have transformed from being purely Buddhist mediation practices to secular therapeutic interventions. Mindfulness training has been adopted by a variety of healthcare and educational professionals for increasing psychological, emotional, and physical well-being. Speech-language pathologists have recognized that psychological and emotional...
Liverpool John Moores University
2017
Steve Taylor
4 citations
Appendix 4: Transcripts of Interviews with Participants Interview Transcript -Pl Q: Was there a particular point at which you underwent transformation?Yes, it happened after a terrible breakup with my last girlfriend, and I was for the first time in my life thinking of giving up fighting for getting better from my deep depression.It was a sudden, and in fact brutal transformation induced in a...