This study explores spirituality and mysticism in Islamic Sufism by examining the thoughts of two prominent figures, Ibn Arabi and Al-Hallaj. Both are known for their major contributions to the Sufi tradition, yet they present distinct approaches in understanding the relationship between humans and God. The study arises from the limited number of comparative analyses concerning the spiritual...
Integrated information theory (IIT) starts from the existence of consciousness and characterizes its essential properties: every experience is intrinsic, specific, unitary, definite, and structured. IIT then formulates existence and its essential properties operationally in terms of cause-effect power of a substrate of units. Here we address IIT's operational requirements for existence by...
Understanding how subjective experience arises from information processing remains a central challenge in neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI research. The Modular Consciousness Theory (MCT) proposes a biologically grounded and computationally explicit framework in which consciousness is a discrete sequence of Integrated Informational States (IISs). Each IIS is a packet of integrated...
This paper critically evaluates Matthew Burch's interpretations and critiques of the phenomenological account of health and illness, which are predominantly situated within the realm of static phenomenology within Husserl's framework, thereby neglecting the potential insights offered by genetic phenomenology. The primary focus of this paper is to explore genetic phenomenology in order to...
Parasomnias are abnormal behaviours or mental experiences during sleep or the sleep-wake transition. As disorders of arousal (DOA) or REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) can be difficult to capture in the sleep laboratory and may need to be diagnosed in large communities, new home diagnostic devices are being developed, including actigraphy, EEG headbands, as well as 2D infrared and 3D time of...
The article "Quanta of Consciousness: The Physical Mystery of David Chalmers and the Ontological Process of Gilbert Simondon" is dedicated to a critical comparison of two fundamentally different philosophical strategies for utilizing concepts related to quantum mechanics in the understanding of consciousness. The focus is on analyzing how Chalmers invokes literal quantum processes (for example,...
Background: Job-related stress and its extreme form, burnout, continue to affect almost half of all frontline healthcare workers and first responders. Current treatments are inadequate. Objectives: To evaluate a model of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) delivered in a group format to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and burnout via repeated measures of the Generalized...
Padmasana, or Lotus Pose, is one of the most popular and traditional postures in yoga and meditation. Profound physical, mental, and spiritual benefits are often associated with this posture, particularly in the context of deep meditation, inner peace, and enhanced concentration. The deep meaning of Padmasana (Lotus Pose) in the Lakulish Yoga tradition as explained by Swami Rajarshi Muni is...
This research explores the acculturation of Sufi values and Javanes mysticism as manifested in the Keduk Beji tradition in Tawun, Ngawi, East Java. Indonesia. Beyond the aim of honoring ancestors by cleaning the sacred well, this tradition contains profound elements of self-cleansing, meditation and communal prayer, along with with mass chanting of dhikr and other sacred ritual processions....
Abstract Anticipatory grief is an important psychological challenge affecting both maternal health and infant care quality. This study explored the impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on anticipatory grief in mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Conducted as a semi-experimental study in 2023, 70 mothers of chronically ill infants hospitalized for at...