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Contemplative orders --- Church history --- Hamme
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There is an emergent movement of scientists and scholars working on somatic awareness, interoception and embodiment. This work cuts across studies of neurophysiology, somatic anthropology, contemplative practice, and mind-body medicine. Key questions include: How is body awareness cultivated? What role does interoception play for emotion and cognition in healthy adults and children as well as in different psychopathologies? What are the neurophysiological effects of this cultivation in practices such as Yoga, mindfulness meditation, Tai Chi and other embodied contemplative practices? What categories from other traditions might be useful as we explore embodiment? Does the cultivation of body awareness within contemplative practice offer a tool for coping with suffering from conditions, such as pain, addiction, and dysregulated emotion? This emergent field of research into somatic awareness and associated interoceptive processes, however, faces many obstacles. The principle obstacle lies in our 400-year Cartesian tradition that views sensory perception as epiphenomenal to cognition. The segregation of perception and cognition has enabled a broad program of cognitive science research, but may have also prevented researchers from developing paradigms for understanding how interoceptive awareness of sensations from inside the body influences cognition. The cognitive representation of interoceptive signals may play an active role in facilitating therapeutic transformation, e.g. by altering context in which cognitive appraisals of well-being occur. This topic has ramifications into disparate research fields: What is the role of interoceptive awareness in conscious presence? How do we distinguish between adaptive and maladaptive somatic awareness? How do we best measure somatic awareness? What are the consequences of dysregulated somatic/interoceptive awareness on cognition, emotion, and behavior? The complexity of these questions calls for the creative integration of perspectives and findings from related but often disparate research areas including clinical research, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, anthropology, religious/contemplative studies and philosophy.
contemplative practice --- interoception --- somatic awareness --- Meditation --- Awareness --- mindfulness --- Body awareness
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Aesthetics --- Dutch literature --- dialogues --- aesthetics --- beauty --- contemplative prose
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Christian spirituality --- Contemplatie --- Contemplation --- #GGSB: Geestelijke lezing (geel) --- #GGSB: Spiritualiteit --- #gsdb10 --- C1 --- Kerken en religie --- Contemplation (Théologie) --- Contemplation de Dieu --- Contemplation mystique --- Mental prayer --- Méditation contemplative --- Prayer [Mental ] --- Prière contemplative --- Vie contemplative --- Geestelijke lezing (geel) --- Spiritualiteit
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Christian spirituality --- Contemplatie --- Contemplation --- Meditatie --- Meditation --- Méditation --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Spiritualiteit --- Spirituality --- Spiritualité --- C1 --- spiritualiteit --- levenskunst --- Kerken en religie --- Contemplation (Théologie) --- Contemplation de Dieu --- Contemplation mystique --- Mental prayer --- Méditation contemplative --- Prayer [Mental ] --- Prière contemplative --- Vie contemplative --- Spiritual life --- 21st century
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Christian spirituality --- Contemplatie --- Contemplatieve orden --- Contemplation --- Contemplative orders --- Lecture religieuse --- Ordres contemplatifs --- Religieuze lectuur --- #GGSB: Geestelijke lezing(rood) --- #GGSB: Spiritualiteit --- #gsdb10 --- Contemplation (Théologie) --- Contemplation de Dieu --- Contemplation mystique --- Mental prayer --- Méditation contemplative --- Prayer [Mental ] --- Prière contemplative --- Vie contemplative --- Geestelijke lezing(rood) --- Spiritualiteit
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Durant les années 1970, alors que la pratique religieuse était en chute libre au Québec, un prêtre de la région de Québec qui vivait en ermite, l’abbé Michel Verret, caressait un rêve un peu fou : démarrer une nouvelle communauté monastique à saveur byzantine s’inscrivant dans la tradition spirituelle de Charles de Foucauld, un autre ermite qui avait vécu dans le Sahara au début du XXe siècle. Quarante ans plus tard, ce rêve est devenu une réalité et les Petits Frères de la Croix, fondés en 1980, occupent depuis 1991 un monastère construit pour eux sur un site fabuleux des hauteurs de Charlevoix. Ayant survécu au choc du décès de son charismatique fondateur en 1997, une communauté d’une dizaine de moines et aspirants y vit une vie de prière et de travail. C’est l’épopée de cette aventure peu banale qui est racontée dans cet ouvrage destiné au grand public, où l'on s’interroge aussi plus largement sur la place de la vie monastique dans le Québec catholique du XXIe siècle et sur les motivations de ceux qui l’adoptent encore aujourd’hui. Durant les années 1970, alors que la pratique religieuse était en chute libre au Québec, un prêtre de la région de Québec qui vivait en ermite, l’abbé Michel Verret, caressait un rêve un peu fou : démarrer une nouvelle communauté monastique à saveur byzantine s’inscrivant dans la tradition spirituelle de Charles de Foucauld, un autre ermite qui avait vécu dans le Sahara au début du XX e siècle. Quarante ans plus tard, ce rêve est devenu une réalité et les Petits Frères de la Croix, fondés en 1980, occupent depuis 1991 un monastère construit pour eux sur un site fabuleux des hauteurs de Charlevoix. Ayant survécu au choc du décès de son charismatique fondateur en 1997, une communauté d’une dizaine de moines et aspirants y vit une vie de prière et de travail. C’est l’épopée de cette aventure peu banale qui est racontée dans cet ouvrage destiné au grand public, où l'on s’interroge aussi plus largement sur la place de la vie monastique dans le Québec catholique du XXIe siècle et sur les motivations de ceux qui l’adoptent encore aujourd’hui.
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A recent wave of brain research has advanced our understanding of the neural mechanisms of conscious states, contents and functions. A host of questions remain to be explored, as shown by lively debates between models of higher vs. lower-order aspects of consciousness, as well as global vs. local models. (Baars 2007; Block, 2009; Dennett and Cohen, 2011; Lau and Rosenthal, 2011). Over some twenty-five centuries the contemplative traditions have also developed explicit descriptions and taxonomies of the mind, to interpret experiences that are often reported in contemplative practices (Radhakrishnan & Moore, 1967; Rinbochay & Naper, 1981). These traditional descriptions sometimes converge on current scientific debates, such as the question of conceptual vs. non-conceptual consciousness; reflexivity or “self-knowing” associated with consciousness; the sense of self and consciousness; and aspects of consciousness that are said to continue during sleep. These real or claimed aspects of consciousness have not been fully integrated into scientific models so far. This Research Topic in Consciousness Research aims to provide a forum for theoretical proposals, new empirical findings, integrative literature reviews, and methodological improvements inspired by meditation-based models. We include a broad array of topics, including but not limited to: replicable findings from a variety of systematic mental practices; changes in brain functioning and organization that can be attributed to such practices; their effects on adaptation and neural plasticity; measurable effects on perception, cognition, affect and self-referential processes. We include contributions that address the question of causal attribution. Many published studies are correlational in nature, because of the inherent difficulty of conducting longitudinal experiments based on a major lifestyle decision, such as the decision to commit to a mental practice over a period of years. We also feature clinical and case studies, integrative syntheses and significant opinion articles.
contemplative practice --- structural plasticity --- functional plasticity --- Meditation --- mindfulness --- neural correlates of consciousness --- Cultural issues
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