Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong condition marked by challenges in social communication and repetitive behaviors. Current treatments, primarily behavioral therapies, often fail to address the core symptoms. Recent research has explored the potential of psychedelics, such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, as a new therapeutic approach. While these substances primarily modulate the...
This article develops the Existential Hologram as a configurational model for analysing how sacred presence becomes experientially available in architecture. Rather than treating presence as symbolic content lodged in built form, the model approaches it as a fragile yet repeatable achievement that arises when four analytic fields—Embodied, Mnemonic, Symbolic, and Resonant—are coupled under LUX,...
This paper proposes an embodied multi-agent experimental framework based on the MuJoCo physics engine to investigate whether LLM-driven agents can exhibit complex social behavior and consciousness-like emergent behavior under survival pressure. The system embeds LLMs into a closed arena where agents are given physical bodies, finite energy, differentiated personalities, asymmetric resources,...
This chapter explores the relevance of Swami Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta in addressing contemporary mental health challenges. Drawing from core Vedantic principles, such as Atman (the Self), Brahman (ultimate reality), and Advaita (non-dualism), the chapter examines how self-awareness, detachment (Vairagya), and Karma Yoga can transform emotional distress into inner strength. It integrates...
This chapter explores the profound integration of body and mind achieved through yoga, emphasizing its role in harmonizing physiological, psychological, and cognitive functions. It highlights how practices such as breath regulation, postures, meditation, and mindfulness foster neural synchronization, enhance autonomic balance, and promote emotional stability and stress resilience. Drawing upon...
The purpose of this study is to determine the results of the implementation of the Consciousness-Based Education Program in shaping the character of students at SMA Negeri Bali Mandara, analyze the factors that support and hinder the implementation of the CBE Program in shaping the character of students at SMA Negeri Bali Mandara, and describe alternative solutions designed to overcome various...
Consciousness science has made substantial progress in studying how perceptual contents become conscious, yet it has paid comparatively little attention to a broader question: what makes an experiential world feel real? This article treats the sense of reality as a distinct explanandum, understood as the pre-reflective way in which a current world is experienced as present, coherent,...
The defining feature of emotion regulation is the activation of a goal to influence the trajectory of emotion.Emotion regulation strategies often involve efforts to either decrease negative emotions or increase positive ones and are associated with a range of possible outcomes.Depressive rumination is an emotion regulation strategy involving repetitive negative thinking about oneself, feelings,...
This article explores the mechanisms underlying visual consciousness using the predictive coding (PC) theory as a framework. PC theory posits that the brain is a hierarchical hypothesis-testing system that actively constructs visual perceptions, often referred to as "controlled hallucinations," by continuously comparing top-down predictions with bottom-up sensory inputs to generate and minimize...