Advaita: Oneness as a Lived Reality—Examining Aspects of Profound and a Radical Psychology

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-207
Author(s):  
Shilpa Ashok Pandit
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Popular Imagination ◽  
Speculative Philosophy ◽  
Surface Level ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Modern Psychology ◽  
The World ◽  
Being There

It is all good to say, that the world is one! Are these idealistic/poetic ideas or could there be psychological pathways to experience oneness as a continuous realisation? This is not a question of philosophy or intellectual argumentation, but a question of living and being. There has been now interest in non-dual awareness in research as well ( Josipovic, 2014 ). The objective of this article is to introduce a radical worldview—advaita vedānta that leads to profound cognitive, affective and behavioural implications of well-being beyond the surface level ideas of happiness. Advaita—which means ‘not-two’ is the most profound and radical of psychological theories Indic civilization has experienced and accepted as the epitome—the crown jewel. The Vedāntic worldview and practice with the background throb of all Indic values—of inclusion, love and truth vests in Advaita—oneness. In popular imagination, it has been both esoteric-cised and yet has remained un-commodified. Contrary to popular ideas that look at advaita as a speculative philosophy, advaita is understood as a rich psychological theory with a basis in cognition, knowing, as well as a living in oneness. The students of modern psychology, especially, in India are left poorer, if they are unable to review advaita and yet study consciousness, which is a booming area of research in modern psychology. Advaita is a continuous living realisation—termed as Jīvanmukti, the Vedāntic ideal of being free, while living. Examining the primary Saṃskrit text—Jīvanmukti-viveka, I describe Jīvanmukti—of living in continuous realisation of oneness, till the body drops down, as stated by the great muni, whose above-mentioned abhyāsa grantha—the application manual, is used across Hindu spiritual frameworks and monastic orders, till today.

Terapie z udziałem zwierząt w leczeniu i rehabilitacji chorych i niepełnosprawnych

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Giermaziak ◽  
Iwona Fryzowska-Chrobot
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Noradrenaline Release ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Animal Assisted Therapy ◽  
Relieve Pain ◽  
The World ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Endogenous Substances

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) – supports rehabilitation as well as therapy and care of patients by their contact with an animal. Fondling and hugging animals lead to endocrine system’s stimulation and producing endogenous substances, that relieve pain and influence patient’s well-being; it reduces stress levels because the cortisol and noradrenaline release – the hormones produced by the body in stress – is being reduced and the patient’s immune system is being stimulated. It has been proven that the company of animals hasten the recovery after a disease, calms stressed, hyperactive people and at the same time stimulates the activity of a person suffering from depression or apathy. In Poland the most popular is dog-assisted therapy, hippotherapy (horse-assisted therapy) and felinotherapy (cat-assisted therapy). In the world onotherapy (donkey or mule-assisted therapy) and dolphin therapy are known. In the article animal assisted therapies were discussed, showing the role that they play in treatment and rehabilitation of sick and disabled.

Deterioration of the Great Sphinx: an assessment of the literature

Antiquity ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (245) ◽  
pp. 853-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Selwitz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
The World

The well-being of the Sphinx is a concern of all peoples of the world. While deterioration of this venerable monument has occurred over most of its history when it was not covered, 20thcentury environmental factors appear to be hastening these changes. FIGIRE 1 shoivs the Sphinx as it was in 1850. This is the first knoivn photograph and it was taken by Masinie Du Camp. FIGURE2 was taken in November 1989 and shows modern efforts to protect the Sphinx against deterioration by cladding the paws and sides with masonry. Alteration is most apparent along the sides of the body where the sloughingoff of surface chips is a common phenomenon. By one estimate, loss of stone is occurring at the rate of about 30 cm a century.

scholarly journals One Health, Fermented Foods and Gut Microbiota

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Bell ◽  
Jorge Ferrão ◽  
Lígia Pimentel ◽  
Manuela Pintado ◽  
Tito Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
One Health ◽  
Brain Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Proper Function ◽  
Fermented Foods ◽  
Antibiotic Administration ◽  
Gut Health ◽  
Being There

The microbioma is presently one of the hottest areas of scientific and medical research and exerts a marked influence on the host during homeostasis and disease. Fermented foods arise in the human relationship to the microbial environment. Further to the traditionally recognized effects of fermented foods and beverages on the digestive health and well-being there is now strong evidence on their general health benefits, namely the significance on the gut microbiota and brain functionality. We highlight the possibilities in this field, how little is still known, and call for a convergence of interdisciplinary research fields of One Health microbe-nutrition with fermented foods and gut-brain research. A consequence of civilisation, changes in present-day society in diets with more sugar, fat and salt, habits and lifestyle, contributes to the likelihood of an inflammatory microbiome, particularly the global epidemics of obesity and mental health. Although two recent papers claim that probiotics perturb rather than aid in microbiota recovery back to baseline after antibiotic administration in humans, consuming fermented foods has shown to reduce inflammation so improve gut health and the proper function of the body’s immune system.

PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL – BEING CONTENT IN TODAY’S PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES

2015 ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Ēriks Kalvāns
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Modern Psychology ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Functional Aspects

<p>Psychological well-being is a phenomenon that significantly affects an individual's basic functional aspects: everyday sense of self, personal cognitive sphere, interpersonal relationships and professional success. Because of the relatively small theoretical and empirical research, there is a number of psychological well-being concept operationalization difficulties and validate the empirical study of instruments deficit. For these reasons, acquires relevance of sychological well-being of the phenomenon of theoretical and empirical research. This ublication reflects the main approaches to the treatment of psychological well-being of the phenomenon of modern psychology.</p>

scholarly journals Exposure to 50 Hz Magnetic Fields in Homes and Areas Surrounding Urban Transformer Stations in Silla (Spain): Environmental Impact Assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Navarro-Camba ◽  
Jaume Segura-García ◽  
Claudio Gomez-Perretta
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Impact Indicator ◽  
The World ◽  
Exposure Levels ◽  
Being There

Exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELFs) is almost inevitable almost anywhere in the world. An ELF magnetic field (ELF-MF) of around 1 mG = 0.1 μT is typically measured in any home of the world with a certain degree of development and well-being. There is fear and concern about exposure to electromagnetic fields from high- and medium-voltage wiring and transformer stations, especially internal transformer stations (TSs), which in Spain are commonly located inside residential buildings on the ground floor. It is common for neighbors living near these stations to ask for stations to be moved away from their homes, and to ask for information about exposure levels and their effects. Municipality is the closest administration to the citizens that must solve this situation, mediating between the citizens, the utility companies and the national administration. In this case, the municipality of Silla (València, Spain) wanted to know the levels of exposure in the dwellings annexed to the TSs, to compare them with Spanish legislation and the recommendations coming from epidemiological studies. This article presents the first systematic campaign of ELF-MF measurements from TSs carried out in a Spanish city. Many measurements were carried out in the rooms of the apartments doing spatial averages of spatial grid measurements. Measurements are made in the bed and bedrooms and a weighted average and an environmental impact indicator were obtained for each location. We found that old TSs usually provide the highest peak exposure levels. A notable result of this work is that approximately one quarter of the population living above or next to a TS would be exposed to a weighted MF level greater than 0.3 μT, and that about a 10% of this population would not be able to relocate their bedroom or living room to minimize the level of exposure.

scholarly journals How can Head & Neck disorders be a liability to Indian population: Hindrance & Nuisance or Hesitance & Negligence???

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Sphoorthi Basavannaiah
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body System ◽  
The World ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Neck Disorders ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Head Neck

Introduction: Head & Neck disorders still remains a “global burden” in the world map till date. With the increasing trend of cancer in the present day scenario and raising parameters of aetiology with varied clinical occurrence, there has been a major plunge at the way things are perceived by a common man in day to day life. Aims & Objectives: To find out the various causes for Head & Neck disorder at our set up. Also to put together and touch upon aspects like risk factors, symptomatology associated with nature of the disease process in this belt of Malnad region. Methodology: 352 patients with Head & Neck disorders were considered for the study over a period of 1 year who were evaluated clinically and radiologically. After initial evaluation, most of them were referred to higher centre for further management. Results: Nearly 75% of patients presented with malignancy with 5 times predominance in males and around 97% patients belonging to the region from oral cavity up to larynx as they have a common epithelial origin. Conclusion: Head & Neck disorders are never to be neglected as it the “runway” to the crux of the body system. Any sort of limitation or hesitation can cost life and well-being.

scholarly journals La psicología de la salud: una propuesta integradora a la salud del ser humano / Health Psychology: A Holistic View of the Human Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilis Cuevas
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health It ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
The World ◽  
Complete State ◽  
Health Organization

ABSTRACTHealth, as defined by the World Health Organization is a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not only the absence of diseases. Different controversial models exist to explain the heath-disease debate, which traditionally emerged from the Medicine and Biology fields. Recently the literature proposes the integration from the perspective of the Health Psychology standpoint. The psychosocial factors that affect the body recognizes the complexity of health and illnesses states. This article, will present some academic debates from the historically dominant models and their relation and responses to the different perspectives within their contexts. Health Psychology is presented emerges from the theoretical debates in which a diversity of specializations to promote a holistic view of human health. It will also provide an area of opportunities in the fields of psychology profession. With the purpose of enhancing the importance of the factors that intervene with prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of health issues.RESUMENLa salud, según definida por la Organización Mundial de la Salud, es un completo estado de bienestar físico, mental y social, y no solo la ausencia de enfermedad. Existen diferentes modelos en controversia para explicar el debate sobre el binomio salud-enfermedad ya que tradicionalmente han sido conceptos arraigados a la medicina y a la biología, pero recientemente la literatura propone integrar factores económicos, culturales y psicosociales. En este trabajo se propone desde el marco de la Psicología de la Salud, como una perspectiva sistémica e integradora, los factores psicosociales que afectan al cuerpo reconociendo la complejidad de la salud y la enfermedad. En este artículo se presentan algunas de las controversias que surgen entre los modelos históricos dominantes acerca de esta relación y cómo responden a diferentes propósitos en su contexto. A partir de las discusiones y debates teóricos, se presenta la propuesta de cómo la disciplina psicología de la salud integra diversas áreas de especialidad con el fin de promover una mirada holística a la salud humana, así como las áreas de oportunidad que aún queda por superar en este campo de estudio para la práctica profesional. Estos acercamientos tienen como propósito destacar la importancia de diversos factores que inciden en la prevención, tratamiento y rehabilitación de los problemas de salud.

The Life-World of Persons with Drug Addictions

2018 ◽  
pp. 681-694
Author(s):  
G. Di Petta
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Intentional Consciousness ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Being There ◽  
Floating World ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Lived Time

Drug addiction undermines intentional consciousness. Whereas in normal conditions we have a fluid intentionality and our common sense is the obviously pre-reflective result of this situation, under the influence of a drug intoxication we lose this intentional stability and, as a consequence, suffer from a kind of intentional instability, which we can refer to with the term floating world. This floating world is characterized by splitting, vibration, and a multiplication of images which can be both sequential or overlapping. On the other hand, following chronic drug tolerance, we have a sort of an intentional dramatic capture or seizure of the world, which we can call frozen world. Lived time, space, the body, and other existential parameters differ enormously in these two contrasting ways of being. The crisis of the temporal-spatial vortex inevitably leads to the blow of the vacuum (le coup de vide): the experience of unreality or no self-experience. The total collapse of the world is the common final result of the breaking down of the temporal and spatial structure of “being-there” (“Dasein”).

ICTs for Enhanced Use of Indigenous Medicinal Plants by the Ashante Speaking People of Ghana

2011 ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Nana Adu-Pipim Boaduo ◽  
Nana Kwaku Kyei Boaduo
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Being There ◽  
Indigenous Wisdom

Knowledge, over the centuries, has been recognised as power when acquired and used to resolve pertinent human problems. It helps to develop and advance communities in the environment they reside. Knowledgeable communities manage to elevate themselves from diseases and other catastrophes. It does not matter whether people are knowledgeable in the indigenous African ways or in the Western ways of knowing. What matters most is that the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values embedded in their social contexts are not only essential for their advancement and development, they are also critical for their survival. Knowledge acquisition through education enables communities to emancipate themselves from ignorance and poverty and raise themselves above all the challenges that may impinge negatively on their general and specific well-being. There is urgent need to gather together the indigenous wisdom of different ethnic groups around the world, especially the knowledge of indigenous medicinal plants and their uses for treatment and healing. This paper proposes to make a contribution in this respect by providing the basis of some of the IKS of the Akan ethnic group of Ghana, the Asantes, related to indigenous medicinal plants application for the treatment of a multiplicity of ailments. Recommendations regarding how this IKS can be preserved and commercialized through the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to benefit the indigenous Asante speaking people of Ghana are provided.

Synergetic effects between fasting, well-being and anti-consumption within the walls of Orthodox monasteries and outside them

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 1467-1479
Author(s):  
Teodora Kiryakova-Dineva ◽  
Ruska Krasteva ◽  
Yana Chankova
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Brand Strategy ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Orthodox Christianity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Synergetic Effects ◽  
The World

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the possible synergetic effects between food-restricted behaviour (fasting in Orthodox Christianity) and physical and mental health; and second, to ponder on the nature of fasting and to reveal the potentials monastery cuisine has, reaching outside the world of religion and entering the world of consumption. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach has been applied in order to investigate the synergetic effects between fasting, well-being and anti-consumption. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews carried out in Orthodox monasteries, in particular, in three monasteries in the territory of Mount Athos and in three monasteries in Northern Greece. Additionally, ten Bulgarians who visited monasteries situated at Mount Athos have been interviewed. In a cultural materialistic perspective, this paper seeks to discuss and reveal food and eating habits patterns. It combines the social anthropology of food with the anthropology of Eastern Orthodox religion. Findings The discussed interrelations between fasting, well-being and anti-consumption confirm the synergetic effects, occurring at different points between them. Fasting practices definitely contribute to consumers’ health and well-being. The food-restricted behaviour and the monastery diet are presented as a means of purification not only of the soul but also of the body. Fasting is an intriguing issue that offers many perspectives for people not only within but also without the monastery walls. Food-restricted behaviour as practiced in Orthodox Christianity shall be considered as beneficial for people’s health and as such it can reveal a lot of additional spiritual values for non-believers. Social implications Future applications of fasting practices as a non-consumptive behaviour and in view of social movements for healthy nutrition. A possibility for fasting menus as an alternative to fast food menus can be exploited. Originality/value The study provides some useful insights into the contemporary practice of Eastern Orthodox fasting and confirms that fasting is a successful means of achieving mental and physical well-being. New perspectives for monastery cuisine as a resource and brand strategy for restaurant business and tourism can be mentioned as well.

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