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States of Consciousness

is indicative of REM sleep. If one has reached Stage IV, it is indicative that one will shortly be entering the REM stage where d...

PSYCHOLOGY AND STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

acknowledges that this is somewhat of a surprise, given that, since the 17th century, mysticism, science and healing have gone in ...

Aurelius and Augustine

parables, or a book of varied quotes. As an example, in the Sixth Book he notes, "Do not ever conceive anything impossible to ma...

Goal of Meditation in the Buddhist Tradition

leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...

Reaction Paper to Rosenthal's Transcendence and Healing

basis, he reports that it enabled him to achieve a state that can only be described as transcendence, as TM, at this point in his ...

An Analysis of The Long Discourses Of The Buddha: A Translation Of The Digha Nikaya

& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...

Disease Treatment Through Alternative and Holistic Medicine Approaches

approaches that are specifically utilized to improve health, the percentage of Americans relying on CAM jumps to sixty-two percent...

Daily Living Through Zen Buddhism

karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

Meditation Types

while remaining completely conscious" (Religion, 2001). When the meditator reaches the fourth stage, he has abandoned "any sense o...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Theories on Stress and How It May Be Treated

the most effective means of treatment. Stress is, in fact, a reaction; not the event or situation which causes the reaction (DeFr...

Buddhist Meditation Practices Known as Vippassana and Samatha

In eight pages this report contrasts and compares these various types of Buddhist meditation practices. Seven sources are cited i...

Benefits of Meditation

In three pages this research paper examines creative visualization, channeling, Shamanic Journeying, and T'ai Chi practices of med...

Meditation Value, Zen Buddhism, and Martin Heidegger

In nine pages this paper considers Zen Buddhism and Heidegger's teaching in a discussion of how meditation and its value relates t...

Meditation Benefits

at the moment to meet our destiny will be available to us. It is at this point that we alter our relationship with the future. W...

Nursing and Elderly Pain Management Strategy

In eleven pages this paper examines such strategic pain management for senior citizens as guided imagery, meditation, and massage ...

Meditation and Exercise

that there are some tips toward combating stress and its effect on the human body. Taking time out each day to perform stress-bust...

Practices of Meditation

In fourteen pages this report considers meditation practices in an assessment of its spiritual impact, benefits, and effectiveness...

Religion and Man According to Benjamin Franklin and Edward Taylor

In five pages the world and religion as man relates to both are considered in the context of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and...

Overview of 'Expression and Communication'

In five pages this paper examines the concepts contained within the 'Expression and Communication' essay that is featured in E.H. ...

Objects, Knowledge, Perception, and Rene Descartes

In six pages this argumentative paper examines object perception as represented by Rene Descartes wiht a discussion of physical se...

What is Real, Nonfoundationalism, Dualism, and Materialism

In five pages this report examines these concepts from the perspectives of Democritus, Rene Descartes, and Aristotle. Six sources...

Philosophers on Dualism

In five pages this paper considers what philosophers David Hume, Thomas Hobbes, Rene Descartes, and Plato have to say about the du...

Social Contributions of Philosophers

was changing in terms of philosophy. John Lockes The Second Treatise of Civil Government is rather compelling and in fact, free ch...

Philosophy According to Rene Descartes and Plato

trial for treason and his thoughts prior to his execution. These are the Apology, the Crito and the Phaedo, which is an account of...

Locke vs. Descartes on Mind and Body

there is noting upon which the beliefs of an individual may be based and built or expanded upon. Descartes Meditations It is in "...

Science, Philosophy, and God's Existence

Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

Reality and Knowledge and Descartes and Berkeley

think, therefore I am" (Frost 2550. From this Descartes reasoned a body of ideas that he did not believe could be disputed, as th...

God, Nature, and Human Knowledge and the Philosophies of John Locke and Rene Descartes

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

2 Philosophical Questions Examined

the belief that God created all plants and animals, as well as the universe itself, as recounted in the Old Testament. Evolutioni...