AN-ICON
July 21, 2023
Federica Cavaletti
From its very origins, cinema has demonstrated a particular interest in the representation of altered states of consciousness: memories, visions, nightmares and dreams are a common feature of narrative films and usually interrupt a flow of events by inserting different temporalities in the present of the story. Following the arguments explored by Gilles Deleuze in his groundbreaking works on...
AN-ICON
July 21, 2023
Federica Cavaletti
Representing altered states of consciousness, even through the most phantasmal of technical images, is an inherent contradiction; once we attribute a physical body, i.e. objectivity, to mental images, we deny what Husserl considers their very essence. Jean Mitry draws from this assumption when discussing filmic access to mental states from a phenomenological perspective. The following essay...
iScience
July 21, 2023
Haojie Li, Zhihao Du, Shunze Shen et al.
14 citations
The positive impact of mind-body movement therapy on mental health has been confirmed, but the current effect of various mind-body movement-specific therapies on improving the negative psychology of college students is controversial. This study compared the effects of six mind-body exercise (MBE) therapies on improving negative psychological symptoms in college students. The study found that...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 20, 2023
Raja Amarnath, Jaya Prashanthi, Manish Manchireddy et al.
Background: 'HELP Programme' featuring Heartfulness meditation presents a compelling strategy to nurture happiness among students. Recognized as a crucial component of students' educational journey, it contributes to enhanced academic performance, motivation, and social relationships. Aims and Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to examine the effects of the 'HELP Programme' on...
Research Features
July 20, 2023
e usually think of consciousness in terms of the subjective inner states experienced by humans, such as emotion, thought, perception, and self-awareness.Scientists from a variety of academic disciplines, from psychology to philosophy, neuroscience to mathematics, have been debating how these conscious phenomena arise in the brain.Neuroscientists have investigated the relationship between...
Frontiers in Psychology
July 20, 2023
Tam Hunt, Mostyn Jones
28 citations
Where is consciousness? Neurobiological theories of consciousness look primarily to synaptic firing and "spike codes" as the physical substrate of consciousness, although the specific mechanisms of consciousness remain unknown. Synaptic firing results from electrochemical processes in neuron axons and dendrites. All neurons also produce electromagnetic (EM) fields due to various mechanisms,...
Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
July 19, 2023
Minal Belsare, Vidya Wasnik, Sumeeta S. Jain
Yoga is the ultimate act of harmony between one’s physical existence and spiritual conscience. In the Vedas, “Yoga” was used to designate a union or connection between various objects. These practices Of Yoga aim to control and perfect both the physiological and the psychological processes and functions. Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices and is means to Samadhi. The concept of Dhyana is...
July 19, 2023
Giuseppe Roncoroni
Most men hold themselves in high regard and care about staying alive. Someone is intent on interrupting the decay of the organism, on counterfeiting the genes that preside over old age and death, but leaves the threat of disease and accidents intact. Artificial intelligence prophesies the advent of an automaton that will imitate man’s behavior in such a precise way as not to distinguish one...
July 19, 2023
Parveen Jain
2 citations
This chapter explores some of the structural frameworks that important Jain thinkers have employed in terms of a Jain approach to the contemplative practices of yoga. Yoga is an essential spiritual practice in all dharmic traditions. Although the faith-based yoga practices like Jain Yoga, Vedic Yoga and Buddhist Yoga may seem to vary in their specific implementations, the underlying principles...
July 19, 2023
Cogen Bohanec
This chapter explores how certain contemplative practices of Jain sādhana as presented in Hemacandra’s Yogaśāstra (YŚ) relate to similar instances in the Hindu text of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra (YS) in terms of the teleological movement from preliminary “active engagement” ( pravṛtti ) to superlative “withdrawn disengagement” ( nivṛtti ).