Detailed Information on Publication Record
2012
Where am I? Does meditation practice produce body misperception?
KOTHEROVÁ, SilvieBasic information
Original name
Where am I? Does meditation practice produce body misperception?
Authors
KOTHEROVÁ, Silvie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Homo Experimentalis : experimental approaches in the study of religion, Brno, 25-27 October 2012, 2012
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/12:00061630
Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
Buddhism; meditation; experimental approach; religious studies; cognitive science of religion
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Změněno: 13/4/2013 11:51, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková
Abstract
V originále
One of the key themes in Buddhism is the experience of alternated states of consciousness. Sensations of disappearing body parts, out of body experiences, and near-death experiences have been reported during Buddhist meditation. From the Buddhist point of view, these "special" states are solely the result of mental cultivation by meditation techniques. From a perspective found frequently by Buddhist participants these "special" states are solely the result of mental cultivation by meditation techniques. However, similar experiences have also been reported from everyday life in certain biologically predisposed individuals. For example, the loss of the sense of one's own body in sleep paralysis (sleep-off set phase) and the disappearance of body parts in a hypnagogic state (sleep-on set phase). This suggests that such distortions in body perception are not just due to cultural practices. However, can cultural practices such as meditation predispose us to experience these states?
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