Transpersonal Perspective Research Articles

Settler Colonialism and Mortal Dangers: Affective Responses to COVID-19 and the 2021 Israeli Bombings among Young Palestinians in Gaza

Abstract The article examines the affective dynamics of collective survival and resistance under Israeli settler colonialism in the Gaza Strip. Focusing on Gaza as an under-researched enclave of Israeli settler colonialism, it analyzes how young Palestinians renegotiated their affective bonds in response to two coinciding deadly events: the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Israeli bombings. Theoretically, we extend the politics of emotions and affect to encompass experiences of settler-colonial violence. Drawing on original interviews with Palestinians in Gaza, we trace how affective bonds were impacted among families, friends, and neighbors and, from a transpersonal perspective, across the political community. We show how settler colonialism shaped responses to the pandemic, deepening existing inequalities and causing social frictions. The bombings, by contrast, triggered a unified response of pure terror and universal concern for collective survival. The military targeting of homes was countered by practices of physical and emotional togetherness in the face of death. Overall, our study shows how (i) different kinds of mortal dangers are experienced politically by colonized people, (ii) these experiences are conditioned by collective histories of colonial violence, and that (iii) they constitute expressions of collective affective life, necessary for the preservation of peoplehood amidst colonial oppression.

Nurses Perception and Role of Euthanasia: A Literatur Review

Introduction: Euthanasia is the most controversial ethical topic in the world of health. Nurses have an important role in providing holistic care for people with life-limiting conditions. However, they experience internal moral conflict and helplessness when patients ask them to assist in the dying process. This literature review aims to determine what is known about nurses' perceptions and attitudes toward euthanasia.Methods: The literature search was carried out using three databases, namely Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scient Direct. The inclusion criteria for the literature search were articles with publication years 2014-2022 in Indonesian or English and complete articles that could be open access. The keywords used in searching for articles were adjusted to the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH), namely knowledge, nurses' attitudes, euthanasia, and nursing euthanasia.Results: The literature review identified fifteen studies for inclusion in the final analysis. One article was semi-experimental, eight articles used a descriptive design with a cross-sectional approach, two articles used an epidemiological descriptive design, and two articles used descriptive-analytical methods. Nurses exhibit a range of attitudes towards euthanasia, including both positive and negative perspectives. Conclusion: The issue of euthanasia has presented a significant challenge for nurses in achieving their goal of providing holistic care. Their personal, professional, and transpersonal perspectives influence nurses' perceptions and attitudes. Potential implications for nurses relate to education, practice, and research. Nurses must be informed about existing laws and provided in-depth education and professional guidance to help guide action. Further research is needed to explore the impact on carers' emotional well-being, clarify their role, and determine the support they may require when engaging in euthanasia.

UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN DIVIDUALITY IN POLITICAL METAMODERNISM

The understanding of the dividual nature was presented from the point of view of political metamodernism founded by Hanzi Freinacht. A transpersonal perspective puts in the center the (transin)dividual – a member of more developed and complex societies. The monographic works of the author were analyzed for the use of the concept of dividual, which was developed in postmodernism and further borrowed by metamodern theorists. Therefore, an attempt to understand the versatile nature of dividual and dividuality outside the postmodern discourse was made. Dividuality was conceptualized as subjectivity synthesized at the intersection of collective and individual, considering the influence of postmodern digitalization in combination with the transpersonal view of human sociality in metamodern society. Dividuation is the up-to-date form of subjectivation, which turns the individual into a dividual. The difference in the understanding of dividual and dividuality in political metamodernism and postmodernism was demonstrated. The theory of dividuation, the specific foundations of which could be traced in the works of Hanzi Freinacht, was analyzed. The definition of “dividualism” was suggested. “Dividualism” was viewed as a trajectory of consolidation in “the listening society”, members of which develop together spiritually and psychologically. “Dividualism” includes not only the (in)dividual’s ability to endow life with meaning but also to do so by taking into account the interconnectedness with his fellow citizens. In contrast to the implicitly negative understanding of the dividual put forward by postmodernists, the description of the dividual’s potentially positive features was offered. This positivity might be realized if the dividual could have managed to recognize and organize its/his/her dividuality to express it. Knowing one’s dividuality is considered to be a difficult but favorable task for organizing existing “self-images” or for their expression. Finally, reflections on being trapped in the dead-end integrative practice were presented.

A Literature Review on the Healing Effects of Music-Based Vocal Interventions for Novice Singers

ABSTRACT This literature review was part of a larger study that investigated research on how a transpersonal perspective on music-based vocal interventions may assist the therapeutic process. Transpersonal experiences were seen as those in which the identity or self extends beyond the individual or personal to encompass wider aspects of the human condition, the psyche, and beyond. The central argument of this review is that these experiences help to demonstrate the importance of both individual and collective senses of self, fostering a greater appreciation for positive transformation of vocal challenges. This article reviews current scholarly literature on the voice from several vantagepoints, highlighting interventions that can enhance vocal understanding, health, and performance. Implications of this review found that methods of creative expression in the form of music-based vocal interventions had a beneficial effect on novice singers. Areas for further exploration include the importance of creative modalities in overcoming vocal challenges.

Is It God Who Cures? A Transpersonal Perspective on Script Formation, the Role of Physis, and the “Soul Work” of the Therapeutic Process

Identifying a gap in the transactional analysis (TA) literature regarding the role of spirit or soul in the process of psychotherapy, the author invites consideration of the role of physis in both script formation and psychotherapy. She argues for reclaiming script as a positive, dynamic process and the inclusion of a spiritual understanding of the therapeutic journey. This article contrasts the medical construct of treatment planning, which presents the psychotherapist as a potent, protective, permission-giving director of the therapeutic process, with the more explicitly spiritual concept of the soul’s journey. The author suggests that the evolving process of psychotherapy may have a momentum of its own, moderated by the dynamic tension between the longing for growth and change and the need to create a semblance of existential safety through script. Both impulses are viewed as manifestations of physis in action. The author proposes letting go of the ideas of “cure” and “change” as goals and instead framing the therapist’s role as a purposeful witness who actively receives the client’s experience. Therapist and client then find mutual transformation and integration through the shared process of endarkenment. Thus, script is reclaimed as a positive narrative of the self, which ultimately allows the individual to make meaning from uncertainty and pain.

Foundations for Training Psychedelic Therapists.

This chapter presents an integrative model for training psychedelic therapists. It begins with an overview of the psychedelic healing process - remembering the disconnected parts of ourselves and reestablishing fundamental trust. The authors then walk through six therapist competencies that describe the root principles of practice, breadth of knowledge, transpersonal perspective, and therapeutic stance of a psychedelic practitioner. This model includes 12 curricular areas and didactic methods that support the therapist's process of growth. Finally, the authors link their training philosophy to the current needs of society, offering a vision of how to express psychedelic integration through the honoring of diversity and collaboration.

The Character Education in Topeng Malangan Dance Tradition According Transpersonal Psychology Perspective

The aim of this research is to uncover the presence of character building in Topeng Malangan dance tradition according to Transpersonal Psychology perspective. This tradition is one of the art cultural heritage that exclusively from Malang and has some rituals as Silem (meditation) and Suguh. There is something unknown beyond human personality which is connected with spirituality so it is correlated with human’s character building. Topeng Malangan dance tradition and all of the rituals inside have contribution and correlation with the character building in the dancer. This research is using qualitative research method with ethnography. It founds that sub-personality and some objects in transpersonal psychology has significant result in building character education at Malang mask dance.

Nurses' Perceptions and Attitudes About Euthanasia: A Scoping Review.

Nurses have a critical role in providing holistic care for people with life-limiting conditions. However, they experience internal moral conflict and powerlessness when patients request them to assist in the dying process. A scoping review was undertaken to determine what is known about nurses' perceptions and attitudes of euthanasia. Review Methods: Several databases were searched that yielded both qualitative and quantitative primary peer-reviewed research studies that focused on nurses, their perceptions and attitudes about euthanasia. Descriptive and explorative analyses of the data set from the research studies were undertaken. Results: A total of 23 studies were included in the review. Opinions about euthanasia were mixed. Two key concepts emerged from the review: some nurses were positive and/or supportive of euthanasia, while some were negative and/or unsupportive of euthanasia. The main factors associated with being positive and/or supportive were because of (a) extreme uncontrollable pain, unbearable suffering, or other distressing experiences of the patient, (b) legality of euthanasia, and (c) right of the patient to die. The factors that determined nurses' negative and/or unsupportive attitude included (a) religion, (b) moral/ethical dilemmas, (c) role of gender of the health professional, and, (d) poor palliative care. Conclusions: The matter of euthanasia has challenged nurses considerably in their aim to deliver holistic care. There were several crucial factors influencing nurses' perceptions and attitudes, and these were affected by their personal, professional and transpersonal perspectives. The potential implications to nurses relate to education, practice, and research. Nurses need to be informed of existing legislation and provided in-depth education and professional guidelines to help direct action. Further research is needed to explore the impact on nurses' emotional well-being, clarify their role/s and determine the support they might require when involved with euthanasia.

Virginia Satir’s Transformational Systemic Therapy: A Transpersonal Approach to Family Therapy

The work of Virginia Satir, a pioneer family therapist, is examined as a transpersonal approach to family therapy. Ways in which transpersonal perspectives may be applied in family therapy are explored in Satir’s notions of grounding and centering, the evolving and transcending concept of congruence using the Self/I AM concept in the Satir iceberg model, as well as the Satir conceptualization of the therapist’s use of self. Aspects of transpersonal psychotherapy relevant to the practice of family therapy are examined, including the creation of a transpersonal space of trust in order to strengthen the therapeutic alliance, going beyond meaning in working with the family system to apply transpersonal (e.g. nondual psychotherapeutic) approaches to the therapist’s use of self in therapy. A discussion of intersubjectivity and the role of the beingness of the family therapist in promoting transcendence, awareness, and healing for the family is included. Satir family therapy is consistent with transpersonal psychotherapeutic perspectives and is therefore recommended as a prospective family therapy modality for the transpersonally-oriented psychotherapist. KEYWORDS Satir, Family Therapy, Transpersonal Psychology, Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Transcendence, Consciousness, Transformation, Intersubjectivity, Nondual Psychotherapy.

Sexuality, esoteric energies, and the subtleties of transmutation versus transformation

Transpersonal perspectives on the meaningfulness of being human, and especially the significance of subtle energy teachings, necessitate a rethinking of the notion of sexuality, beyond definitions in terms of sex acts, biological endowments, or perhaps even the complex fantasia of desire. This redefining of the erotic dimension of human life leads both to appreciation of healing as inherently sexual and to understanding how the processes of transmutation by the forces of subtle energies profoundly differ from the transformations that representation of thoughts, feelings, and wishes may undergo. Cognitive access (including that of reflective self-consciousness) to these forces is inevitably limited and necessarily distorted. In this context, it is suggested that the esoteric traditions of mystical sexuality, including the teachings of authentic tantric practice, be reconsidered and appreciated for their transpersonal dimension.

Blue Nile Flower Rituals from the Perspective of Transpersonal Psychology - The Role of Nuciferine and its Putative Value as an Antipsychotic Drug

Pharmaco- or psycho-active compounds in traditional medicines or in plants used during neoshamanic rituals can sometimes lead to the (re-) discovery of new drugs for chronic pain, anxiety, depression or schizophrenia. Neoshamanic rituals fulfill the needs for healing and transformation of a number of people, who are partly dissatisfied with the absence of certain healing aspects in western medicine. A recent neoshamanic ritual is based on the administration of a resin from the Blue Nile Flower (Nymphaea caerulea), also referred to as Blue Lotus or Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile). This extract contains a number of alkaloids such as aporphine and nuciferine, although the quality of commercial available extracts is highly variable. We will discuss the biological effects of nuciferine, a compound which may be of value for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, and discuss the use of Blue Nile Flower in rituals from a transpersonal psychological perspective. Nuciferine has an enriched pharmacological profile, with affinities for a number of serotonergic and dopaminergic receptors. Nuciferine and its derivatives might lead to a new family of atypical antipsychotic compounds. Furthermore, a recent identified mechanism of action related to its anti-inflammatory activity, suggest this molecule might also play a role in the treatment of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Core self, transformations and consciousness: Transpersonal perspectives on healing and holding in Role Method and DvT

Abstract This article offers an appreciative examination and critique of theoretical tenets of Landy’s Role Method (RM) and Johnson’s Developmental Transformations (DvT) from the perspective of Ageless Wisdom teachings and transpersonal thought. Consciousness, viewed as a depth structure, challenges Landy’s assertion that his role system obviates the need for a core self and Johnson’s minimizing of transcendence as a resource for mitigating anxieties around ‘the instability of being’. The transpersonal construct of Higher Self is proposed as a means to extend drama therapists’ capacity to hold therapeutic space for existential or spiritual issues.

EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY

Introduction. The complex multifaceted essence of human as a biological, psychological, social being has attracted the attention of researchers and has caused hot debates during centuries. Still now, human being, her/his nature requires a broader understanding in the context of the synthesis of long-standing philosophical, psychological, religious traditions and contemporary sciences. Purpose. This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of human being through the lens of the Eastern philosophy and T. Leary’s transpersonal perspective. Methodology. Exploratory research design was used for conducting this study. The author has used philosophical hermeneutics, secondary data collected from reports, journals, and periodicals along with own transpersonal experience. Theoretical basis and results. The essence of Eastern worldview is an awareness of unity and coherence of all things and phenomena. All things are the interdependent and interrelated parts of the One Whole: they are the different manifestations of the same unconditional reality. This is Tao for Taoists, Dharmakaya for Buddhists, Brahman for Hindus. These non-dualistic traditions emphasize: we have to transcend our dual thinking in order to perceive true nature of our inner self and to achieve the state of the absolute unity with everything that exists. “Subject – object” duality is illusory. Being disintegrated from the Oneness, a human is dissociated into different parts. The goal of a new interpretation of a human is to reintegrate these poles and transcend them. Merely theoretical approach to the problem of reintegration is insufficient. Reintegration requires a vivid experience of the “liberation” – the experience of enlightenment. This is a transpersonal experience that overcomes our common perception and goes beyond the usual “body-mind” frame. This experience was breathtakingly described by T. Leary. Experimenting with psilocybin and LSD, T. Leary was astonished that creativity was organically based; that human body contained billions of universes; and that human himself was the movement of various forms of energy. T. Leary proposed his own theory of evolution. Originality. The expansion of human horizons leads us to the new understanding/interpretation of a human being. Bringing the Eastern spiritual traditions, which perceive all objects and phenomena as various interrelated aspects of a single supreme reality, transpersonal psychology and modern sciences together, contemporary philosophers are able to design and develop a new approach to a human that will bridge the gap between different interpretations of a human being. T. Leary’s ideas resonate with both quantum physics and the Eastern philosophy. In the 21st century, T. Leary’s ideas are relevant again. Conclusion. The Eastern spiritual teachings and transpersonal experience put the human problem in a completely different context. It induces us to switch from identifying human beings with the body, mind, ego to embracing them as whole organisms interwoven into the fabric of universal entity. This holistic approach, according to which a human is an undivided, alive and organic, ideal and material being, may be seen as a launching pad for a new transdisciplinary paradigm.

MAIYAH MOCOPAT SYAFAAT DALAM PERSPEKTIF PSIKOLOGI

Abstract: This article describes the mocopat Maiyah Intercession in Psychology perspective. Psychology viewpoint in this article from the perspective of the four major schools of psychology, namely: Psychoanalytic, Behavioristik, Humanistic and Transpersonal. Maiyah mocopat Intercession is a panel of scientific study that is a discussion (sinau together) or sharing on topics of humanity, which teaches the spirit of living with tolerance and live together in kindness contribution. Maiyah which means togetherness in the first sense: together everyone always with God. Secondly: wherever they are always with God. Third: do whatever it is always with God. Fourth: under any circumstances just be with God. In berMaiyah there are many grains of knowledge to be gained. Because of something that is considered good by someone not necessarily good for other people, then what happens in Maiyah not a pendoktrinan ideology, nor is it an authoritarian system, do not rely on one figure, but work together to find the truth of science, in other words, not looking for anyone true, but look for what is right. The truth that they will each take their own tests in their own lives. In the perspective of psychology, the basic assumption emha ainun nadjib figure can be analogized as a psychologist as well as other sources and pilgrims Maiyah is a participant. In the process, activity which was attended by a variety of people from different interdisciplinary backgrounds vary, making the research to get information are diverse, there are people who come to the enlightened life (curative) through counsel of spiritual and moral message will be full of wisdom values, there are set out to align the map of life (preventive) in the frame or in new ways, and those who set out to develop a level of insight into life (development) in memanagement memanagement self and external reality. In Psychoanalytic perspective Maiyah activity is seen as a form of how his attitude towards the reality of life (ego), how menjinakkkan desires are not tertarah (id) to remain in the course of (superego). Behavior viewed from the standpoint of pilgrims Maiyah behaviors that tend to gather together transmit sciences with each other. In the Humanist perspective view of nature to always seek the truth and make themselves as human freedom for all the problems of life. Transpersonal Perspective're looking at that berMaiyah means: a person's tendency to anytime, anywhere, by anyone and in any case, always be a man, which constantly unite yourself with the Divine (Ma`iyatullah).

Transcending Ethical Dilemmas in Coaching and Supervision: A Model to Develop a Transpersonal Perspective

Transcending Ethical Dilemmas in Coaching and Supervision: A Model to Develop a Transpersonal Perspective

Towards an Organismic-Dynamic Epistemology and Research Methodology: The Further Mode of Knowing of Inner Experiences of States of Consciousness

As a contribution to the monographic issue of the Integral Transpersonal Journal, on the method of Biotransenergetics: an ontological methodology and clinical practice, this article focuses on Second Attention Epistemology, as an organismic-dynamic epistemological methodology intertwined with Biotransenergetics, and epistemologically concerned with the embodied further modes of knowing rooted in a perspective of transpersonal psychology. A corresponding research methodology is described here together with its embodied further mode of knowing, known as embodied understanding and embodied interpretation, the core concept in embodied phenomenological research methodology based on a transpersonal vision. The discussion exemplifies how these two approaches, Second Attention Epistemology and Embodied Phenomenology Research Methodology, may contribute to a re-complexifying of ourSelves in the world beyond a Cartesian divide. An organismic-dynamic mapping of inner experiences of states of consciousness is outlined, including a tool to access these states, called Transe Learning. Ontological concerns are discussed in relation to a transpersonal perspective. Our concluding thoughts focus on the nondual experience of human existence and point towards a culture of sharing embodied knowledge with community in dialogical, participative, and palpable ways. KEYWORDS Second Attention epistemology, embodied phenomenology, transpersonal psychology, Biotransenergetics

Using the Transpersonal in Dreamtelling and Conflict

The transpersonal may be considered a relational mechanism, which connects people through the boundary permeability and reciprocity of influence in the matrix. The transpersonal perspective enriches our understanding of the potential conscious and unconscious communication in groups, especially in working with dreams. Inter- and intrapersonal dimensions complement each other in three uses of dreaming and dreamtelling: the informative, the formative and the transformative (of relations). Not every dream told may be explored, and dreams told may often include a request for containment and a demand for influence. The transpersonal perspective also elucidates dynamics in groups, which focus on conflict dialogue and may also promote development in this area.

Chapter 4. A Self-theoretical Perspective on the Use–Misuse of Alcohol and Drugs Based on Qualitative and Narrative Data

This article discusses different self-theoretical perspectives of the self that are of importance in the analysis of the use and misuse of alcohol and psychoactive drugs. The self-theories considered here include cognitive, psychodynamic, transpersonal, and social constructivist perspectives. A multidimensional perspective focusing on the connection between identity structures and analyzing the use/misuse of alcohol and psychoactive drugs is presented. The article argues for a self-theoretical analysis based on narrative data in order to reach an in-depth understanding of the use and misuse of alcohol and psychoactive drugs.

Developing Transpersonal Resiliency: An Approach to Healing and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been experiencing one of the worst economic and humanitarian crises in modern times, after its people have suffered from horrific episodes of political violence. An approach to healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe aimed at developing transpersonal resiliency, called Lament, Welcome, and Celebration (LAWECE), was designed to be culturally appropriate through involving two distinct versions of psychological and spiritual intervention, one appropriate for traditional Shona values and one for Christian values. LAWECE involves a sequence of activities focused on both individual and community healing, starting with a lamentation process acknowledging the atrocities, followed by a welcoming process that invites all to participate (including perpetrators of the violence), and culminates with a celebratory process to consolidate the healing. Throughout there is a respect for diversity of religious and secular perspectives, congruent with its transpersonal perspective.

Asklepian Dreaming and the Spirit of Transformational Healing: Linking the Placebo Response to Therapeutic Uses of Self

Asklepian medicine - as an archetype of healing - was underpinned by therapeutic uses of self, which, if understood, could be beneficial to modern healthcare. It is being proposed in this article that therapeutic uses of self from instrumental, authentic and transpersonal perspectives could support the process of endogenous healing. Such therapeutic uses of self could play a pivotal role in activating and enhancing the potential for placebo responses, with spiritual significance.