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Molecules of Silence: Effects of Meditation on Gene Expression and Epigenetics
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Many studies have consistently demonstrated an epigenetic link between environmental stimuli and physiological as well as cognitive responses. Epigenetic mechanisms represent a way to regulate gene activity in real time without modifying the DNA sequence,
Sabrina Venditti +5 more
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 216-236, April 2024.Abstract The Christian confession of who Jesus is must be made in the contested space of conflicting accounts of history. This article compares the shape of universal history set out by Yuval Noah Harari with that of Wolfhart Pannenberg by sketching their accounts of human beginnings, the middle of history, and their view to the future.
E. J. David Kramer
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MENTAL FREEDOM AND FREEDOM OF THE LOVING HEART: FREE WILL AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION
Zygon, 2020 In Buddhism, Meditation and Free Will: A Theory of Mental Freedom, Rick Repetti explains how the dynamics of Buddhist meditation can result in a kind of metacognition and metavolitional control that exceeds what is required for free will and defeats the
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As variedades da experiência antropocénica: crise climática, subjetividade e ontologia
e-cadernos cesThis article offers a provisional mapping of some of the affective impacts of the Anthropocene, a geological epoch proposed to illustrate the couplings of human agency and planetary phenomena.
António Carvalho
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Meditation is becoming increasingly popular as a topic for scientific research and theories on meditation are becoming ever more specific. We distinguish between what is called Focused Attention meditation, Open Monitoring meditation, and Loving kindness
Dominique Patrick Lippelt +2 more
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Ostium, 2016 The paper shows connection between the cultivation of attention in Buddhist meditation vipassanā and the phenomenological theory of affectivity. At first, it shortly describes the way how the praxis of meditation achieves progress of mindfulness.
Jan Puc
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Exploring the Impact of Teacher-Led Silent Meditation Practices in Buddhist Sunday Schools
Journal of Nonformal EducationThere is a notable reluctance or uncertainty among practitioners regarding the effective grasp and application of health meditation techniques, which impacts the overall effectiveness of meditation education and potentially hinders the optimization of ...
I Ketut Damana, Colin Simonds
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VIPASSANA- NAVIGATING TOWARDS MENTAL PEACE
Divyayatan - A Journal of Lakulish Yoga UniversityOur saints and sages have consistently stressed the importance of attaining mental peace, believing in the innate self-healing capabilities of the human mind. Often characterized as the "Monkey Mind" due to its tendency to wander, the mind can be effectively managed by heightening internal awareness through observation and acceptance of things as they ...
Isha Patwa, Vivek Maheshwari
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A Religious–Psychological Study of Anthony de Mello’s Sadhana Practice
ReligionsThis study aims to examine Anthony de Mello’s Sadhana practice from a religious–psychological perspective, applying Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology and views on the Spiritual Exercises.
Yong Un Choe
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Religions, 2017 Today there are several approaches for bringing mindfulness, which conceptually refers to the Buddhist Vipassana tradition, into organizations. Programs referring to value-based attitudes and behaviors derived from specific Christian contexts are rarely ...
Arndt Büssing +3 more
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