How does it feel to lack a sense of boundaries? A case study of a long-term mindfulness meditator.
Conscious Cogn
; 37: 133-47, 2015 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the phenomenological nature of the sense of boundaries (SB), based on the case of S, who has practiced mindfulness in the Satipathana and Theravada Vipassana traditions for about 40years and accumulated around 20,000h of meditative practice. S's unique abilities enable him to describe his inner lived experience with great precision and clarity. S was asked to shift between three different stages (a) the default state, (b) the dissolving of the SB, and (c) the disappearance of the SB. Based on his descriptions, we identified seven categories (with some overlap) that alter during the shifts between these stages, including the senses of (1) internal versus external, (2) time, (3) location, (4) self, (5) agency (control), (6) ownership, and (7) center (first-person-egocentric-bodily perspective). Two other categories, the touching/touched structure and one's bodily feelings, do not fade away completely even when the sense-of-boundaries disappears.
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Assunto principal:
Estado de Consciência
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Meditação
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Ego
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Ondas Encefálicas
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Atenção Plena
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Controle Interno-Externo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Conscious Cogn
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article