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...
The journal of Japanese philosophy/Journal of Japanese philosophy
2023
Steve G. Lofts
Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism (禅道の千路) by Bret W. Davis (review) Steve G. Lofts Bret W. Davis, Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism (禅道の千路) There is no shortage of books on Zen from almost every imaginable angle. And so, what makes Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism...
Transactions of the Japan Academy
2023
Naoyuki Osaka
Meditation in Zen has received much attention in the scientific exploration of consciousness from metacognition and the social brain. Zen meditation provides effective clues to self-knowledge by providing awareness of “present self-being”. Our brains are thought to operate in dynamic equilibrium every day with two broad networks: the working memory network (WMN), which is oriented toward...