BUDDHIST STUDIES
2023
Yu.Yu. Erendzhenova
The research is devoted to the identification of the main factors of adaptation of the Buddhist tradition, formed on the basis of the religious and philosophical heritage of the scholars of the ancient Indian monastery of Nalanda, in the modern world. It is determined that the ideas of voidness, compassion and bodhichitta, as well as contemplative practices, studied in detail in the works of...
Éducation relative à l environnement
2023
Michel Vidal
Les approches contemplatives se développent dans le champ de l’enseignement et de l’éducation, notamment dans les pratiques écoformatrices. La comparaison des fondements épistémologiques et méthodologiques d’approches dans la littérature ou ayant pu faire l’objet d’observations nous permet d’interroger les potentialités de la contemplation pour favoriser une relation résonante avec le vivant...
Reading Descartes
2023
Andrea Sangiacomo
Consciousness is connected with the fact that a subject is aware and open to the manifestation of whatever appears. Existence, by contrast, is used to express the fact that something is given in experience, is present, or is real. Usually, the two notions are taken to be somehow related. This chapter suggests that existence is at best introduced as a metaphysical (or meta-experiential) concept...
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences & Technology
2023
A.R.V. Murthy
Dreams are a universal human experience that can be described as a state of consciousness characterized by sensory, cognitive and emotional occurrences during sleep. Dreams are the stories and images that our minds create while we sleep. They can be entertaining, romantic, disturbing, frightening, and sometimes bizarre. Why and how we dream remains something of a mystery. There is no cognitive...
2023
Presence in the Online World: A Contemplative Perspective and Practice Guide for Educatorsis an edited collection that addresses the question of how we can bring the insights of contemplative pedagogy into the space of online learning. While the digital space can be one of distraction and disconnection, contemplative pedagogy offers time-honored practices that focus on cultivating mindful...
Creativity Research Journal
2023
William Orwig, Ibai Diez, Elisenda Bueichekú et al.
Studies suggest that internally oriented cognitive processes are central to creativity. Here, we distinguish between intentional and unintentional forms of mind wandering and explore their behavioral and neural correlates. We used a sample of 155 healthy adults from the mind-brain-body dataset, all of whom completed resting-state fMRI scans and trait-level measures of mind wandering. We...
Open Journal of Medical Psychology
2023
Ashok Kumar Dudi
2 citations
Research and results: Contemplative practises use positive electromagnetic vibrations to speed up mental health recovery, while spirituality and religion bring love, hope, happiness, and compassion. Self-transcendence increases cortisol and serotonin receptor binding, suppresses norepinephrine, and reduces mental health issues. Mental health professionals must respect preferences, record...
Mindfulness
2023
Ellen C Joseph, Trisha L Raque
Preliminary research on self-compassion as a target for reducing forms of bias is promising, yet healthcare provider self-compassion has not yet been explored in relationship to weight bias. Healthcare providers commonly endorse weight stigma and bias, contributing to health disparities for patients with "obesity." The current study explores the feasibility of the self-compassion loving...
Advances in intelligent systems research/Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
2023
Palak Ahuja, Susmita Mukhopadhyay
The study sheds light on the psycho-social challenges employees are experiencing as a result of digital technologies.As a means of overcoming these challenges, we looked further into conceptual commonalities between the domains of quantum psychology and spirituality.They bring forth the idea that humans are empowered to alter their thought and behavior patterns to shape their internal and...
Palgrave studies in workplace spirituality and fulfillment
2023
David W. Orme-Johnson
2 citations
Abstract This chapter reports on the paradigm of influencing the collective consciousness to create beneficial effects for societies. It presents this using three large public well-controlled published studies that document that when a group of the square root of 1% or more of a population practices a specific form of automatic self-transcending meditation (the Transcendental Meditation and...