Recent comparisons between Buddhist and modern Western conceptualizations of mindfulness have focused on ethical aspects of mindfulness practice. Unlike Buddhism, where mindfulness practice is integrated with ethical guidelines and precepts, mindfulness as taught in secular psychology promotes a type of mindfulness practice that is not aligned with any particular moral code. The perception that...
INTRODUCTION: The Age-Well clinical trial is an ongoing monocentric, randomized, controlled trial aiming to assess an 18-month preventive meditation-based intervention directly targeting the attentional and emotional dimensions of aging to promote mental health and well-being in elderly people. METHODS: One hundred thirty-seven cognitively unimpaired older adults are randomized to either an...
Emotional and other maladaptive eating behaviors develop in response to a diversity of triggers, from psychological stress to the endless external cues in our modern food environment. While the standard approach to food- and weight-related concerns has been weight-loss through dietary restriction, these interventions have produced little long-term benefit, and may be counterproductive. A...
Unlike most other philosophical systems of India, Buddhism, though it gives a central place to “consciousness” in its philosophical enquiry, does not raise its status to a transcendental metaphysical level. Buddhism, in this way, has a special affinity with the phenomenological approach. The present paper focuses on the points of a contact between phenomenology and Mindfulness meditation, the...
The elevation of consciousness depends on the purity of the leshya. Whenever there is impurity in the leshya, our consciousness moves towards degradation. Meditation has been considered as an important method of purification of leshya-vishuddhi in many ways like self-study, penance etc. in the Jain spiritual practice. Lord Mahavir's whole life has been an experiment ground for special...
The article explores the practice of oracin mental in the Iberian schools of the sixteenth century "Golden Age," concentrating on the works of two authors: the Exercitatorio de la vida spiritual / Exercitatorium vite spiritualis of Garca Jimnez de Cisneros (1455-1510), abbot of Montserrat from 1493 to 1510 and El Libro de la Vida of St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), reformer and first prioress...
Across cultures and throughout history, transcendent states achieved through meditative practices have been reported. The practices to attain transcendent states vary from transcendental meditation to yoga to contemplative prayer, to other various forms of sitting meditation. While these transcendent states are ascribed many different terms, those who experience them describe a similar unitive,...
Telomeres, the repetitive sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes, help to maintain genomic integrity and are of key importance to human health. Telomeres progressively shorten throughout life and a number of studies have shown shorter telomere length to be associated with lifestyle disorders. Previous studies also indicate that yoga and lifestyle-based intervention have significant role...
Stress remains a common factor in modern work life, and resilience building strategies have been shown to support and enhance natural human adaptability in overcoming workplace stress.This study examines the resilience and well-being building efficacy of loving-kindness meditation (LKM).Following initial training with employees of Microsoft Corporation in the United Kingdom, through a seven...
연구 목적: 본 연구는 자해 행동에 몰두하는 청소년들의 정서 관리를 위한 프로그램을 실시하고 그 효과를 보기 위한 것이다. 연구방법: 연구 참가자는 서울시에 있는 중학교에 다니는 61명의 학생들이다. 30명의 학생들은 자해 행동 예방을 위한 마음챙김 기반 정서관리 훈련에 배정되었고, 나머지 31명은 대기자 집단에 배정되었다. 마음챙김 기반 정서관리 훈련 집단에 배정받은 참여자들은 6주 동안 주 2회, 총 12회기 프로그램에 참가하였다. 프로그램 내용은 감정 마음챙김, 행동/충동 마음챙김, 생각 마음챙김, 개별 회기 등으로 구성되어 있다. 프로그램 시작 전과 사후에 두 집단 모두 고통감내 척도, 의도적 자해 척도, 인지정서조절 전략 척도, 자살 사고 척도를 실시하였다. 연구결과: 마음챙김 정서관리 집단에...