Political anthropological research on international social sciences
December 17, 2021
Suzanne Klein Schaarsberg
6 citations
Abstract Contemplation, or the practice of sitting still to ‘stop and see’, can expand one’s embodied awareness. This expanded awareness resembles ethnographic sensibility, a disposition practiced by researchers to generate an understanding of the ‘field’. My fieldwork on contemplative activism involves a double thoughtful observation: once as contemplation, and once as ethnographic...
Frontiers in Psychology
December 17, 2021
P. S. Swathi, Raghavendra Bhat, Apar Avinash Saoji
Background and Objective: Attention and memory are essential aspects of cognitive health. Yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation have shown to improve cognitive functions. There has been no assessment of Trataka (yogic visual concentration) on working or on spatial memory. The present study was planned to assess the immediate effects of Trataka and of eye exercise sessions on the Corsi-block...
Routledge eBooks
December 16, 2021
Roy Bailey
Meditating is a proven and practical approach to effective stress management. It exercises the mind and allows the person to engage in ‘detached contemplation’ of an object or phrase. All meditation requires the meditator to participate in ‘dwelling on’ on the subject of contemplation. The visual form of meditation, that is, concentrating on an image, is called ‘yantra’ meditation. When a...
Journal of the American Oriental Society
December 16, 2021
Patrick McAllister
Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive- Scientific Philosophy of Mind. By Dan Arnold. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. Pp. xiv+ 311. $50.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
December 16, 2021
Igor Elman, Amanda C. Pustilnik, David Borsook
26 citations
Basic pain research has shed light on key cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying nociceptive and phenomenological aspects of pain. Despite these advances, we still yearn for the discovery of novel therapeutic strategies to address the unmet needs of about 70 % of chronic neuropathic pain patients whose pain fails to respond to opioids as well as to other conventional analgesic agents....
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
December 15, 2021
Malin V. Uthaug, Natasha L. Mason, Martha N. Havenith et al.
15 citations
Abstract Background Holotropic breathwork (Grof ® Breathwork), was developed by Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof as a ‘non-drug’ alternative technique to evoke altered states of consciousness (ASC). Interestingly, although HBW has been anecdotally reported to evoke experiences and mental health effects corresponding to those of psychedelic substances, the scientific literature on the matter is...
International Journal of Social Science and Human Research
December 14, 2021
Dr. Kalo Sona Roy
Gaudapada, the grand teacher of Sankara, admits the transcendental reality only. Duality is mere illusion. Gaudapada leads us from gross reality to subtle reality. In meditation also there is a gradual unfolding of subtlety. Sankara deals with both Advaita metaphysics and epistemology. According to him, the source of cognition (pramana is a mental mode (antahkaranavrtti). It removes the...
Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction
December 14, 2021
Mark Blythe, Elizabeth Buie
24 citations
Despite the vast number of people who use technology as a part of their spiritual practice, there is little research on the subject in studies of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI). Although HCI takes the idea of user experience very seriously, the field gives almost no consideration to experiences with technology that might be described as spiritual or transcendent. This paper reviews the work...
Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne
December 13, 2021
Agnieszka Trześniewska-Nowak
1 citation
Stefan Darda’s Dom na Wyrębach [A House in Wyręby] trilogy features the creation of an alternative world full of supernatural beings. Access to it is protected by nature. Wyręby constitutes an opposition (on many levels) to civilised Lublin. The characters arriving at the forest hamlet start to trust their intuition, believing in ghosts, demons and ghouls. In the space created in Wyręby, dreams...
Foucault Studies
December 12, 2021
Émile Lévesque-Jalbert
What do philosophers do?For the French philosopher and historian Pierre Hadot , philosophy is an exercise.Philosophers exercise themselves.They exercise for the transformation of their souls in pursuit of beatitude, wisdom, and peace.Hadot developed this understanding through a comprehensive approach to ancient philosophy that pays attention to the philosophical practices of authors like Plato,...