Experiential Approach and Non-Dualistic Meditation in Philosophical Practice

FORMAT | Presented paper

LANGUAGE | English

HOW TO CITE| SANDU, Antonio (2020). Experiential Approach and Non-Dualistic Meditation in Philosophical Practice. Prezentat în cadrul 16th International Conference on Philosophical Practice. Philosophical practice for self-knowledge by means of intellectual creativity| ICPP 2020, July 28-31 2020, St. Petersburg.

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ABSTRACT:

The theoretical foundation of experiential psychotherapy originates in philosophy, more precisely in that of phenomenological and existentialist orientation. The mentioned philosophical perspectives were operationalized from a psychotherapeutic point of view by psychologists who belong to the current of humanistic psychology. The experiential perspective includes meditative experiences, including those corelated to the experience of trance states or altered consciousness experience. In philosophical practice, this approach aims at experiencing existential phobias and anxieties and the specific limitations of the human condition. In this lecture we will emphasize the use in philosophical practice of meditative techniques originated in the non-dualistic practices of Kashmiri Shivaism recovered from the existential perspective, as an experience of pure subjectivity.

KEYWORDS:

Experiential Approach, Non-Dualistic Meditation, Philosophical Practice.