This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the perceptions of contemplation among Muslim participants in Türkiye and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this study, which employed a basic qualitative research design, the semi-structured interview technique was used. The obtained data were analyzed through content analysis using the NVivo 15 software. The study included a total of 26...
This study aims to analyze the socio-communal mechanisms that support meditation practice consistency and relate them to the concept of Kalyāṇamitta. A qualitative approach with a single-case study design was employed. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with six active practitioners (45–60 minutes each), participant observation over 12 sessions (January–March 2026), and community...
This research aims to explore the Buddhist attitude towards loss and to examine the integration of Noble Eightfold Path as therapy for coping with loss. This research adopts library approach conducted using content analysis as the primary method for data interpretation. Following Miles and Huberman’s analytical model, the process consists of four stages: data collection, data reduction, data...
June 29, 2026Mayra Alejandra Hernández, Luz Adriana Orozco Ramírez, Miguel Ángel Dominguez Barrera
Introducción: Dentro de la psicología, existe un enfoque psicoterapéutico llamado “Mindfulness” el cual se refiere a una técnica en la cual los seres humanos entrenan su atención, mantienen la consciencia, la respiración y otras sensaciones corporales, así como de pensamientos y estímulos externos. En México existen pocas herramientas psicológicas adaptadas que midan mindfulness en la infancia....
Sustainable psychological and consciousness-based transformation requires an integrative framework capable of accounting for emotional memory, psychophysiological regulation, embodied experience, and the expanded dimensions of consciousness described in quantum theory.Contemporary psychological and somatic approaches often address these layers in isolation, while models of consciousness...
This study reconceptualizes self-understanding not as a reflective outcome but as a conditionally constituted process grounded in the Buddhist principle of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda). Adopting a comparative philosophical analysis, it examines how traditional meditation and AI-mediated meditation differently configure the conditions under which experience and self-understanding...
Background: Burnout in corporate settings is increasingly understood as a chronic occupational stresssyndrome marked by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy. At thephysiological level, sustained workplace strain is associated with hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(HPA) axis dysregulation, sympathetic nervous system (SNS) dominance, and measurable changes...
School burnout has emerged as a significant psychological and educational concern among adolescent students due to increasing academic demands, examination pressure, competitive learning environments, and psychosocial challenges. Characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism toward school, and a diminished sense of academic efficacy, school burnout adversely affects students' mental health,...
This study draws on Thorstein Veblen’s theory of leisure, particularly his idea of conspicuous consumption, which describes leisure activities pursued mainly to display social status. In contrast, the focus here is on mindful leisure practices — activities not aimed at impressing others, but at enhancing an individual’s overall well-being. To explore this, the paper examines the experiences of...
This article examines Bhakti, the path of devotional surrender in Indian philosophy, alongside genuine, peer-reviewed scientific research relevant to its central psychological claims. It surveys the three-Yoga framework (Karma, Jnana, Bhakti) and Bhakti's foundational textual sources — the Narada Bhakti Sutras, the Shandilya Bhakti Sutras, the Bhagavata Purana's Navavidha Bhakti, and the...