Meditation and Consciousness: An Asian Approach to Mental Health
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 30 (1) , 41-54
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1976.30.1.41
Abstract
According to Abhidhamma, a classical Asian phenomenology of consciousness, through meditation a set of “healthy” mental properties reciprocally inhibits an “unhealthy” set. In light of Abhidhamma and empirical findings, applications of meditation are suggested for inducing an optimal mode of responsiveness to environmental demands, and as a complementary adjunct to psychotherapy.Keywords
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