Zen Meditation, Reverie, and Psychoanalytic Listening

Cooper, Paul C.

doi:10.1521/prev.2014.101.6.795

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“…Previous research has shown how established meditation techniques engender similar states of mind that are described in a range of psychoanalytic theories. Buddhist Vipassana (Pelled, 2007) or Zen meditation (Cooper, 2014) and its connection to Bion's reverie, bare awareness and its relationship to countertransference (Cooper, 1999), parallels between Buddhist bare attention (Epstein, 1984) or Vipassana meditation (Rubin, 2009) and Freud's evenly suspended attention and psychoanalysis itself as a two person meditation (Hoffer, 2020) have been proposed. More recently mindfulness has entered other psychological fields as a treatment modality (Segal, Williams & Teasdale 2013) and indeed into the public consciousness as a popular tool for self-development (Kabat-Zinn, 2013).…”

Section: Current Psychoanalytic Training Involves the Development Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Meditation and the Development of the Internal Analytic Setting

Ross¹

2021

Brit J Psychotherapy

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On Meditation and the Development of the Internal Analytic Setting

Ross¹

2021

Brit J Psychotherapy

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“…Since the mid-1980s many articles have appeared concerning the relationship between the technique of mindfulness meditation and psychoanalytic practice (see [55]). The spontaneous observation of what happens in one's own mind (vipassana) has been associated to the practice of free association, a method adopted in psychoanalytic psychotherapy to access the unconscious, which requires a patient to say what comes into his/her consciousness without interpretation nor censorship [56,57].…”

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Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Conscious and Non-Conscious Components of the Mind

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Abstract:The aim of the present review is to investigate previous studies concerning the effects of meditation and dispositional mindfulness on conscious and implicit or non-conscious attitudes. First we present a brief perspective on conscious and non-conscious states of mind. Then we introduce the fundamental bases of mindfulness meditation. Third we review studies on dispositional mindfulness and meditation that employed either direct or indirect measures to assess explicit and implicit attitudes. Finally, we briefly present how meditation has been associated with the psychotherapeutic practice of psychoanalysis and, hence, as a therapeutic technique to access the unconscious. Until now, few studies have investigated the impact of meditation on non-conscious states of mind and personality; nevertheless, both scientific studies involving implicit measures and reflections from psychotherapy have underlined the importance of meditation in promoting psychological well-being, leading to de-automatization of automatic patterns of responding and to higher levels of self-awareness.Keywords: mindfulness; meditation; consciousness; unconscious; implicit attitudes Consciousness and Non-Conscious StatesConsciousness is probably one of the greatest and most fascinating mysteries of human nature; addressing this dimension means exploring a very complex and multifaceted topic. Developing our reflections about mindfulness and conscious states of mind, we have found a valid model for the understanding of consciousness in Tulving [1], who related consciousness to memory. Tulving has argued that different types of memory are related to different varieties of consciousness. He has described three types of memory. Semantic and episodic memory are explicit (or declarative) memories, that is to say, they refer to conscious experiences and to the acquisition of propositional, representable information [2]. While episodic memory concerns the recollection of personal past experiences, semantic memory has to do with the knowledge individuals have about the world, and does not imply a personal involvement. The third type of memory is the implicit (procedural) memory, which may not require consciousness and is non-propositional [2]. According to Tulving [1], these three memory systems distinguish themselves by different levels of consciousness; episodic memory is an example of

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“…Previous studies have sought to discover how meditation affects people, in what situations meditation is suitable, and whether meditation is harmful. Regarding physiological parameters, electroencephalography (EEG), blood pressure and, lately brain imaging have been used to analyse the effects of meditation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Some mechanisms of meditation seem to reach congruence at some way, such as EEG changes [1,11] but other physiology parameters remained unclear such as evoke potentials [11].…”

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The Quality of Zen Meditation- Bodily Experiences of Participants with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Lu¹,

Ming-Kuo²,

Nancy³

2018

Nur Primary Care

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Many aspects of meditation have been examined for over seventy years, including its physiological, psychological variables, and clinical conditions. However, the effectiveness of Zen meditation for clinical application has been debated. The quality of meditation could be one of the keys to understand the disagreements among studies. This study aims to reveal the experience of Zen meditation among participants with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). A psychiatric outpatient department at a Taiwanese medical centre was the study site. A six-week Zen meditation programme was designed and provided to the study participants. Multiple data collection methods were used, including interviews, field notes, and diaries. Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology was adopted as a framework for guiding the data interpretation. Investigator and method triangulation was used to enhance the study rigour. Twenty-one adult patients with GAD were recruited. Four categories were merged: First, bodily awareness referred to the participants becoming more sensitive to their bodies, such as when they felt muscle tension, and when their senses became more sensitive. Second, determining the characteristics of the GAD body revealed how participants identified their bodies. Third, being with the breath referred patients to a wholly concentrated state. Finally, bodily resistance referred to the body disagreeing with the physical activities when practicing. By practicing Zen meditation, the participants experienced being close to their bodies, learnt to stay quietly with their bodies for a while, and gained awareness of their bodies. The contribution of this study is to identify the essence of good quality of Zen meditation which should be considered before examine the effect of Zen meditation.

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Zen Meditation, Reverie, and Psychoanalytic Listening

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

On Meditation and the Development of the Internal Analytic Setting

On Meditation and the Development of the Internal Analytic Setting

Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Conscious and Non-Conscious Components of the Mind

The Quality of Zen Meditation- Bodily Experiences of Participants with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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