This research was motivated by the exponential interest in tattoos over the past four decades, which led to my research question: “Are tattoos symbols of transformation?” An examination of both current and historical literature generated an understanding of the tattoo process as a rite of passage, which considers the possibility of tattoos as transformative symbols between the mundane and...
The study presents a conceptual analysis of the main approaches to the study of the human brain and consciousness from the standpoint of modern domestic and foreign neuroscience. Relevant interpretations of such problematic issues and concepts as “the boundary of the human body”, “embodied knowledge”, “general artificial intelligence”, “self”, etc. From the standpoint of a body-oriented...
Purpose: The goal of this research is to investigate the incorporation of mindfulness philosophy into transformational leadership theories and to revise the current transformational leadership model. The study focuses on Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh's contemplative mindfulness community, to discover fundamental attributes and practices of transformational leaders who incorporate mindfulness...
PsyArXivDecember 21, 2023Victoria Amo, Nikolai Godt, Johannes Leugering et al.
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This paper introduces a novel approach to lucid dream communication, leveraging electrooculographical signals for real-time, natural language messaging within dreams. Beyond traditional horizontal eye movement techniques, our methodology incorporates vertical eye movements, enhancing the expressive range of communication. Recognizing the potential for lucid dream communication in diverse...
Phenomenological discussions of sociality have long been concerned with the relations between the I, the You, and the We. Recently, dialogue between phenomenology and analytic philosophical work on collective intentionality has given rise to a corpus of literature oriented around the first‐person plural “we.” In this paper, I demonstrate how these dominant accounts of the “we” are not...
Abstract This article is an open exploration of an understanding of colonial and post-colonial spirit possession phenomena as discourse by other means. I begin with Bernhard Leistle’s phenomenological interpretation of demon possession as an entry point to the sort of understanding of possession this article seeks to approximate. From there I turn to Frantz Fanon’s notion of possession as a...
Migration LettersDecember 20, 2023Retno Indriaswuri, I. Gading, Kadek Suranata et al.
Mindfulness, a state of mind adopted from Buddhist philosophy, has been widely applied to improve focus and awareness. In education, mindfulness helps students with mental and emotional problems, which results in increased academic achievement. The objective of this literature review is to analyze the influence of mindfulness on academic achievement. This review emphasizes the beneficial impact...
The first part of the paper briefly outlines the role of dreams in early Buddhism and their importance in establishing the continuity of the whole tradition, before presenting in the second part entirely new aspects of dreams in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, influenced by the Tantric spiritual horizon, in particular by a transformed concept of the body. The central part of the paper follows...
Breath is a grounding phenomenon present in many forms of Buddhist meditation. In traditional Buddhist meditations (including ānāpānasati and vipassanā), the practitioner observes the breath, surveys various physical and mental phenomena, and from there realizes that suffering (duḥkha) is not ultimately binding (and along the way, they may experience the nonduality of body and mind). Similarly,...
The paper aims to present the role of the philosophy of mind and consciousness for the philosophical practice (philosophical practice) and to explore the possibility of a transpersonal philosophical counseling.