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Integrative Health Studies Newsletter
Get PDFThis is the Spring 2016 issue of the Integrative Health Studies Newsletter at CIIS.https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/integrative-healthnewsletter/1031/thumbnail.jp
East-West Psychology Newsletter
Get PDFThis is the Spring 2016 edition of EWP News.https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/eastwestpsychologynewsletter/1001/thumbnail.jp
Thus Spoke the Sages: Ayurveda on Environment and Dharma
No full textAyurveda, humanity\u27s oldest medicine tradition, taught an amazingly perceptive lesson in environmental science: The root cause of the derangement of seasons is loss of Dharma or unrighteousness. If dharma is lost, over time, the sun and the moon will behave unpredictably, the seasons will change course, rivers will become violent and change course, meteorites will appear frequently, earthquakes will shake the terrain and in this natural and human created mayhem, diseases will thrive and multiply, and cause mass scale destruction of all living beings. (Charaka Samhita, 2 BC)
Thus, the Ayurvedic sages offer a deeply insightful understanding of the relationship between macrocosm (environment) and microcosm (human being). Ayurveda teaches us to benefit our entire planetary ecosystem by suggesting measures that guide the human consciousness to walk only the path of dharma. Through Ayurveda, humanity has the potential to dwell in profound harmony with all of nature and her creatures.
Join Vedic Scholar Acharya Shunya as she expounds on the rare teachings of Ayurveda sages from ancient texts, and highlights Ayurveda\u27s stand on environment, consciousness, and health
The Pribram – Bohm Hypothesis
Get PDFA holoflux theory of consciousness as modulated energy is hypothesized and shown to support both local and non-local properties. This thesis emerges from an integral evaluation of evidence drawn from: (1) the holonomic mind/brain theories of Karl Pribram, (2) the ontological interpretation of quantum theory by David Bohm. Applying an integral methodology to superimpose and correlate seemingly disparate concepts from among these sources and others, a composite-theory emerges, a “holoflux” theory of consciousness, after the term favored by Karl Pribram to describe David Bohm’s “holomovement” between an explicate order andan implicate order. This Pribram–Bohm composite holoflux theory is shown to be congruent with established principles of physics, mathematics, and electrical engineering. Extending the panpsychist paradigm that consciousness is inherent in the structure of the universe, the thesis describes a dynamic energy process bridging the explicate space–time domain with a transcendent flux domain located at the spatial center, everywhere. This center is hypothesized to be synonymous with Karl Pribram’s “flux domain” and David Bohm’s “implicate order.” Extending the theories of Pribram and Bohm, the holoflux hypothesis maps reality as a nondual energy, cycling mathematically, lens-like, in a process of transformation manifesting in three modes: (1) electromagnetic energy in space–time, (2) holoflux energy in a transcendent order, and (3) vibrating isospheres at the boundary gap separating the implicate from the explicate orders
Taylor\u27s Soft Perennialism: A Primer of Perennial Flaws in Transpersonal Scholarship
Get PDFThis response to Taylor\u27s essay in this issue concludes that his notion of soft perennialism is unworkable and shows no promise as a theory to explain spiritual diversity. Numerous specific shortcomings of the paper are described, then it is used as basis for identifying three broad categories of error that occur in some transpersonal scholarship. Examples from Taylor\u27s paper are supplemented with similar errors in papers by other transpersonal scholars
Resolving Trauma at the Root in the Ultimate Resource
No full textThis presentation explores directly utilizing nondual awareness as the ultimate resource in the resolution of trauma. There is a discussion of the importance of resources when working with trauma and how nondual awareness provides what no other resource can. A case regarding developmental trauma demonstrates the use of the nondual field as the primary resource and how it facilitated the client’s capacity to be fully present with the challenging symptoms of trauma and release it at the root. The audience will explore how to take whatever understanding the client has of nonduality and bring that directly into the therapeutic process while deepening their experience of this ultimate resource
Eat Like it Matters
No full textCIIS professor Michelle Glowa talks about how our food choices affect the world, and what we can do to cultivate more just and sustainable food systems.https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/publicprograms/1024/thumbnail.jp
Ghosts, Spirituality, and Memory in Performance
No full textTheatre director Sean San José is joined in conversation by CIIS faculty and performance maker Erika Chong Shuch about ghosts, spirituality, and memory in performance. This event was part of the Dancing with the So Called Dead Festival, a collaboration with the MFA Program in Theatre-Performance Making and The Arts @ CIIS.https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/publicprograms/1002/thumbnail.jp
East-West Psychology Newsletter
Get PDFThis is the Fall 2016 edition of EWP Newshttps://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/eastwestpsychologynewsletter/1006/thumbnail.jp
Harnessing the Placebo Effect: A New Model for Mind-Body Healing Mechanisms
Get PDFThe placebo effect is a phenomenon that has confounded Western medicine and research for over sixty years. While the field has historically and continues to be rife with misconceptions and confusion, recent research aims to reignite the art of medicine by turning the effect\u27s underlying mechanisms to therapeutic benefit. However, researchers may not have the appropriate theoretical framework to do so. While significant progress has been made in identifying a number of the placebo effect\u27s underlying mechanisms, conceptual deficiencies hinder application of advances in the field. In part, this is because the placebo effect unearths a number of problematic philosophical assumptions inherent to the biomedical model that inhibit an understanding and harnessing of the placebo effect in its true potential. This gives cause for these assumptions\u27 reconsideration, within an understanding that the placebo effect offers evidence of mind-body interaction. With an eye toward advancing the field of placebo effect research, as well as connect this field with related fields in mind-body medicine, a new model for understanding the placebo effect is proposed. Based in transpersonal psychology\u27s participatory model and Daniel Siegel\u27s mindsight, the placebo effect is defined as any non-pharmacological or mind-based intervention which positively affects one\u27s energetic and informational patterns, resulting in improved embodiment and relationship. This article explores how one might arrive at such a definition and the implications it may hold for placebo-related phenomena