Frontiers in Psychiatry
November 23, 2021
Christopher Dawes, Andrea Bickerdike, Cian O’Neill et al.
3 citations
Cannabis use has been associated with increased risk for a first episode of psychosis and inappropriate assignment of salience to extraneous stimuli has been proposed as a mechanism underlying this association. Psychosis-prone (especially schizotypal) personality traits are associated with deficits in associative learning tasks that measure salience allocation. The aim of this study was to...
International Journal of Theology, Philosophy and Science
November 20, 2021
Bharat Jhunjhunwala
This paper tries to comprehend Hindu narrative of creation in the framework of modern cosmology and psychology. The objective is to build a conversation for mutual understanding. The following concordance between the two streams is suggested. The state of the Primeval Being before It desired to become many is not known in the Hindu stream just as the state of the universe before the Big Bang is...
International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology
November 20, 2021
Kishore Mukhopadhyay
Background: Bandha and Mudras are found in ancient Indian literature to stimulate internal energy. The simplest know a few things approximately our subtle body, our soul. The act of bandhas stimulates the prana and chakras. Madra is a technique to stimulate the nervous system and glands to minimize the dysfunction of the mind and the mysterious powers of man; kundalini (the inner core energy)...
Finding Meaning
November 19, 2021
Michal Pagis
Abstract This chapter explores the rising popularity of Buddhist meditation in Israel and the self-identity that bodily based mindfulness offers its practitioners. Based on extended ethnographic fieldwork among Israeli practitioners of vipassana meditation, this chapter illustrates how in periods characterized by doubt and uncertainty, Israelis find in meditation an embodied anchor for selfhood...
Buddhist-Christian Studies
November 18, 2021
Manuel López-Casquete
abstract:The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola are one of the most important paths of spiritual deepening in the Christian tradition. Despite the fact that Saint Ignatius offers a detailed methodological description to live the experience, it is often approached by people who perform daily meditation practices close to Zen. In this paper, we analyze the possibilities of living the...
communication +1
November 17, 2021
Aleena Chia
In 2014, engineers and entrepreneurs began meeting up in San Francisco to explore how virtual reality and lucid dreaming headsets using electroencephalography and other kinds of biofeedback could stimulate altered mental states. They called these practices “consciousness hacking” and referred to research, financing, and design efforts around these wearables as a movement. Unlike Quantified Self...
ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact.
November 15, 2021
K. Mah, Lo-Ke Lian, L. Hespanhol
With the emergence in human–computer interaction (HCI) of researching contemplative practices, authentic descriptions of first-person lived experience informing design are few. Most researchers in HCI are not trained in observing the mind. We draw on learnings from neurophenomenology, inspired by well-established Buddhist techniques for mind-training. We present a self-observation of Tonglen, a...
November 12, 2021
Kande Lekamalaya Senarath Dayathilake
preprint
This article explores the enduring mysteries of consciousness and the afterlife, two enigmatic topics that have fascinated humanity for ages. Despite extensive scientific efforts, the existence of an afterlife remains unproven, and understanding consciousness remains a significant challenge. The research introduces innovative hypotheses through simple thought experiments with empirical evidence...
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
November 12, 2021
L. R. Chapman
This tutorial introduces communication sciences and disorders (CSD) educators to contemplative pedagogy (sometimes called mindfulness in the classroom). While contemplative pedagogy has considerable overlap with evidence-based teaching and learning, and aligns with values in the CSD discipline, there are few published reports investigating the role of contemplative pedagogy in CSD education....
Techniques in Neurosurgery & Neurology
November 12, 2021
Daniel A. Seda
2 citations
Sensitivity to paranormal phenomena can be a source of emotional, mental and psychospiritual stress for individuals demonstrating verified mediumistic abilities, yet integrating these anomalous experiences in a healthy, affirming manner can reduce distress and potentially deflect ego dystonic diagnoses of pathology. Because mediums can relay information which appear to be otherworldly from...