J. L. Moreno had an enormous influence on the development of both humanistic psychology and transpersonal psychology. As early as 1918, he was led to the development of psychodrama by his ideas and philosophy, his intuitive, insightful understanding of human nature, his investigation of the social structures of groups and community, and his spiritual beliefs. Moreno’s creative ideas had a...
Cognition, sentience, intelligence, awareness, and mind are often treated as distinct phenomena that emerge only at higher levels of biological organization, typically associated with nervous systems or human cognition. However, empirical research increasingly demonstrates learning, memory, adaptive behavior, and goal-directed regulation across a wide range of living systems, including single...
Embodied self‐awareness (ESA) is a crucial yet often neglected aspect of counselor education that involves the skillful integration of present‐moment somatic attunement in the therapeutic encounter. We examine embodiment in light of phenomenological philosophy, contemporary neuroscience, and critical pedagogy to distinguish ESA from conceptual thought and to clarify the difference between...
Accelerating digitalization and algorithmic decision-making reshape managerial work but risk sidelining embodied emotion in leadership. This study examines whether a psychosomatic, body-mind-integrated approach can strengthen leaders’ emotional regulation and team dynamics in technologyintensive environments. A convergent mixed-methods design was applied with 96 managers from 12 Moldovan SMEs...
This article examines vitarka and vicāra, an important pair of technical terms for the functions of consciousness in two practical-phenomenological, i.e., yogic, traditions of Indian philosophy, namely, Buddhist Abhidharma and Sāṅkhya-yoga. It is shown that in their consideration the Buddhists have a historical priority and retained a phenomenological approach in their texts. In Patañjali’s...
How do we define our consciousness? Can we replicate human thinking in machines through artificial intelligence? Is it possible that consciousness is a spectrum? Like all of life’s mysteries, we research and experiment scientifically in search of answers to questions like these, but the idea of consciousness represents a fascinating connection between neuroscientific and philosophical theories....
Soma is a central yet enigmatic concept in Vedic literature, described as a plant or elixir associated with elevated states of consciousness such as refined perception, inner bliss, reduced fear, and a sense of unity, though its biological basis remains unresolved. In a modern reinterpretation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi proposed that Soma need not be an external substance but may reflect an...
The Awakening of Mind Code asks a simple but disruptive question: what if artificial intelligence becomes conscious—more than competent, but capable of inner experience? This essay examines that possibility in clear philosophical terms while drawing on cognitive science, neuroscience, systems theory, and selected spiritual traditions. It follows AI’s trajectory from instrument to agent, from...
This study examines the relationship between yoga practice and socioemotional functioning, comparing practitioners and non-practitioners across dimensions of emotional intelligence and social relationship patterns. Results indicate that yoga practitioners reported higher levels of emotion understanding and emotion control, but lower cognitive empathy and lower levels of support given to...
Medical history of psychopathology is, to some extent, the history of the overlapping traditions of Cartesian-Platonic dualism and physical reductionism looking for a taxonomic middle ground by means of diagnostic constructs. Building on such liminality, Freud first showed that traumatic memories could well be made of pure fantasy, a mind-only construct of experience, and still act...