Enlightened Joy and Love, Selflessness and Beyond DOI Creative Commons
Amir Freimann, Aviva Berkovich‐Ohana

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 13, 2024

This paper explores the concept of enlightened joy and love as an aspect a stable enduring spiritual “high plateau” state, referred to here “Living Transcendence,” which contrasts with transient mystical or “peak” experiences. Drawing from phenomenological study 32 “spiritual exemplars” various traditions, research identifies key characteristics this state. Enlightened are described stable, constant, intrinsic daily life, manifesting subtle, integrated presence rather than intense emotional peak. These qualities intertwined other aspects experience, such noetic awareness, embodied presence, relational interbeing. The also examines two Buddhism-inspired models selflessness—the Self-Based Psychological Functioning model Pattern Theory Selflessness—which suggest that development selflessness related love. findings integral lived experience plateau,” offering sustained sense well-being connectedness transcends fluctuating emotions ordinary consciousness. contributes understanding by highlighting role in achieving joyful loving state being.

Language: Английский

Bridging the gap of brain and experience – Converging Neurophenomenology with Spatiotemporal Neuroscience DOI Creative Commons
Georg Northoff, Bianca Ventura

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 106139 - 106139

Published: April 1, 2025

Neuroscience faces the challenge of connecting brain and mind, with mind manifesting in first-person experience while brain's neural activity can only be investigated third-person perspective. To connect mental states, neurophenomenology provides a methodological tool kit for systematically linking subjective objective observations activity. However, beyond providing systematic strategy ('disciplined circularity'), it leaves open how are related among themselves, independent our strategy. The recently introduced Spatiotemporal suggests that share commonly underlying feature as their "common currency", notably analogous spatiotemporal dynamics. Can inform to allow deeper more substantiative connection activity? goal paper is show Neurophenomenology converged integrated each other gain better understanding brain-mind connection. We describe convergence on theoretical grounds which, subsequently, illustrated by empirical examples like self, meditation, depression. In conclusion, we propose integration provide complementary insights, enrich both fields, allows connection, opens door developing novel approaches investigation.

Language: Английский

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Meditation-Induced Self-Boundary Flexibility and Prosociality: A MEG and Behavioral Measures Study DOI Creative Commons

Yoav Schweitzer,

Fynn‐Mathis Trautwein, Yair Dor‐Ziderman

et al.

Brain Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 1181 - 1181

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

Background: In the last decade, empirical studies on beneficial effects of meditation prosocial capacities have accumulated, but underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Buddhist sources state that liberating oneself from a fixed view self by gaining access to its transitory and malleable nature leads increased compassion other traits. These, however, not yet been empirically tested. Methods: The current study aims at filling this gap first examining whether 44 long term meditators differ 53 controls in different levels socio-cognitive hierarchy, second these are associated with meditation-induced ‘selfless’ states, operationalized here as sense boundary (SB) flexibility. We capitalize our previous work neurophenomenology mindfulness-induced SB dissolution, which yielded neural index SB-flexibility, solely for meditators, examine correlations battery validated behavioral prosociality tasks. Results: Our findings reveal enhanced low-level processes including emotion recognition reduced outgroup bias. show stability flexibility over year, demonstrating consistent high beta deactivation. negatively correlates recognizing negative emotions, suggesting link social threat perception. Conclusions: These results connect prosociality, supported stable deactivations. expect raise awareness regarding potential flexing one’s self-boundaries through meditation.

Language: Английский

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Enlightened Joy and Love, Selflessness and Beyond DOI Creative Commons
Amir Freimann, Aviva Berkovich‐Ohana

IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 13, 2024

This paper explores the concept of enlightened joy and love as an aspect a stable enduring spiritual “high plateau” state, referred to here “Living Transcendence,” which contrasts with transient mystical or “peak” experiences. Drawing from phenomenological study 32 “spiritual exemplars” various traditions, research identifies key characteristics this state. Enlightened are described stable, constant, intrinsic daily life, manifesting subtle, integrated presence rather than intense emotional peak. These qualities intertwined other aspects experience, such noetic awareness, embodied presence, relational interbeing. The also examines two Buddhism-inspired models selflessness—the Self-Based Psychological Functioning model Pattern Theory Selflessness—which suggest that development selflessness related love. findings integral lived experience plateau,” offering sustained sense well-being connectedness transcends fluctuating emotions ordinary consciousness. contributes understanding by highlighting role in achieving joyful loving state being.

Language: Английский

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