Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
August 1, 2015
Natasha L. Mikles, Joseph P. Laycock
Since the 1970s, tulpas have been a feature of Western paranormal lore. In contemporary paranormal discourse, a tulpa is a being that begins in the imagination but acquires a tangible reality and sentience. Tulpas are created either through a deliberate act of individual will or unintentionally from the thoughts of numerous people. The tulpa was first described by Alexandra David-Néel...
Transcultural Psychiatry
August 1, 2015
Laurence J. Kirmayer
188 citations
Mindfulness meditation and other techniques drawn from Buddhism have increasingly been integrated into forms of psychotherapeutic intervention. In much of this work, mindfulness is understood as a mode of awareness that is present-centered and nonevaluative. This form of awareness is assumed to have intrinsic value in promoting positive mental health and adaptation by interrupting discursive...
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
July 28, 2015
Cortland J. Dahl, Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson
Scientific research highlights the central role of specific psychological processes, in particular those related to the self, in various forms of human suffering and flourishing. This view is shared by Buddhism and other contemplative and humanistic traditions, which have developed meditation practices to regulate these processes. Building on a previous paper in this journal, we propose a novel...
BMC Psychology
July 17, 2015
Johannes Mander, Paula Kröger, Thomas Heidenreich et al.
Background: Mindfulness has its origins in an Eastern Buddhist tradition that is over 2500 years old and can be defined as a specific form of attention that is non-judgmental, purposeful, and focused on the present moment. It has been well established in cognitive-behavior therapy in the last decades, while it has been investigated in manualized group settings such as mindfulness-based stress...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
June 25, 2015
Vipassana Meditation is measured to be the embodiment of the tradition from 2500 years back. It is non-scientific technique of self-observation which leads to progressive improved insight and positive life satisfaction attributes, as also, inculcations of family, friends, school, living environment and self life-satisfaction. The goal of this research was to study the effectiveness of Vipassana...
Psychiatric News
June 12, 2015
Aaron R. Levin
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Association NewsFull Access‘All You Need is Love,’ Says 1960s Guru Ram DassAaron LevinAaron LevinSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:12 Jun 2015https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2015.6b15AbstractA search for deeper truths along the life course occupied the psychologist who became Ram Dass.At APA’s 2015 annual meeting in...
NeuroQuantology
June 3, 2015
Tatyana Petrovna Lifintseva, Diana E. Gasparyan
The research investigates the concept of a “subjectless consciousness” and deconstruction of a classical subject in Western philosophy of the XX-th XXI-th century (especially in structuralism and post-structuralism). It also investigates the “non-dual” consciousness (jnāna), “understanding wisdom” (prajnāpārmitā) and an extra-subjective “consciousness treasury” (ālayavijnāna) in Māhāyana...
The Study of Culture & Art
June 1, 2015
This study aims to check health awareness and look at the contemporary significance of the good practices of the past through a review of the main methods of curing breathing in Yang-Sseng(; Curing, 養生). We looked for a recognition of the concept and the good cure for the curing conditions in the period. Curing can be seen from breathing are simply accepted as the only means major concepts of...
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology
June 1, 2015
Neeti Rana
10 citations
An attempt has been made to study the integration ofBuddhist meditation practices into subjective well-being of healthy individuals engaged in formal meditation methods. Based on the Abhidhamma model of mental health (the primary mental factors of classical Buddhist Psychology), it was observed that from a full range of negative, unhealthy attitudes that stand in the way of healthy...
Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
May 14, 2015
Kevin Healey
11 citations
In early 2014 activist Amanda Ream and members of Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted the fifth annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, at which Silicon Valley leaders discuss the benefits of ‘mindfulness’ practices. It was another confrontation between working-class residents of San Francisco and the technology employees who have gentrified their neighborhoods. A member of the East Bay Meditation...