PsyArXiv
June 3, 2025
Jan Marius Keppel Hesselink
preprint
The rainbow body (Jalü in Tibetan Buddhism) represents a profound spiritual attainment, and it is said that the physical form dissolves into light at the time of death. This paper proposes a novel hypothesis: the visual component of the rainbow body experience, as vividly perceived in personal meditative encounters, can be understood as a complex, dynamic phosphene-movie, a vivid internal...
June 2, 2025
Kande Lekamalaya Senarath Dayathilake
1 citation
The mechanisms underlying consciousness and its potential continuity beyond biological death remain pivotal challenges in neuroscience. This study integrates quantum biology, cognitive psychology, and thought experiments to propose a novel framework in which consciousness persists through hypothetical particles. Using three hypothetical scenarios—brain revival, molecular disassembly/reassembly,...
Journal of multicultural counseling and development
June 2, 2025
Aaron Albright, Clarence K. Bumpas, Jeff Moe
Black Americans with disabilities experience a range of inequities including barriers to access, social stigmatization, and health outcomes that are greater than both their White and their nondisabled peers. This conceptual article explains in detail these inequities. The authors provide an overview of the existing models of disability used in counseling, healthcare, research, and educational...
Inklusiva: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama
June 2, 2025
Ega Mutiara Oe Mardi, HS Moh. Nuh, Siti Nadroh
This research examines the influence of Metta Bhavana practice in improving mental health among the congregation of Jakarta Dhammacakka Jaya Sunter Monastery. The aim is to understand the role of Metta Bhavana in the spiritual life of the congregation, which makes it an important part of their religious practice. This research uses a qualitative approach with William James' theory of religious...
Journal of Consciousness Studies
June 1, 2025
A. Oldofredi
Many scholars and commentators claim that David Bohm was a panpsychist, for he stated that even elementary quantum particles exhibit a sort of rudimentary or primitive mind-like quality. Analysing in detail both Bohm’s pilot-wave theory and his works concerning the relation between mind and matter, this paper investigates whether it is accurate to consider Bohm a supporter of such a view. By...
Synthese
June 1, 2025
Daniel Giberman, E. Shupe
We argue that three theses involving three separate areas of philosophy jointly yield an interesting but overlooked result. The first is from the metaphysics of mind, and says that everything is conscious (Panpsychism). The second is axiological, and says that, necessarily, every instance of consciousness is intrinsically valuable (Value). The third is from mereology, and says that everything...
International Journal of Engineering Applied Sciences and Technology
June 1, 2025
Prakash Thapa, Harikumar Pallathadka, Yam Bahadur Kshetry
Buddhism is a philosophy which is centered on awakening from suffering and achieving mindfulness through ethical conduct, meditation and insight into the nature of reality. Moreover, Buddhism teaches love, kindness, compassion and freedom, and a man can search for his inner dimension of life. It helps man to live in positivity, freedom and self- exploration. It helps every individual to...
Sampratyaya
June 1, 2025
Ananya Barua
This paper seeks to elucidate the discourse concerning the issue of the ‘mind’. The inquiry begins with the issue of Cartesian Dualism and aims to investigate its problematic nature. This paper also seeks to examine the intricate distinctions between 'consciousness-in-itself' and 'awareness of' by analysing the meaning of consciousness. It additionally aims to investigate if the Cartesian...
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
June 1, 2025
CONSCIOUSNESS AND MATTER: Mind, Brain, and Cosmos in the Dialogue Between Science and Theology by Kirill Kopeikin and Alexei V. Nesteruk, eds. Pickwick, 2024. 262 pages. Paperback; $35.00. ISBN: 9781666776997. *This is a notable interdisciplinary volume that tackles the complex relationship between the mind and body, exploring it within the broader context of dialogue between science and...
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
June 1, 2025
Adam Frank, M. Gleiser, Evan Thompson
THE BLIND SPOT: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson. MIT Press, 2024. xvii + 328 pages. Hardcover; $29.95. ISBN: 9780262048804. *Is it possible for a doctor to correctly diagnose a problem but fail to provide a useful cure? That is how I felt as I read this book. *The authors are respected scholars: two astrophysicists--one a Templeton...