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MATURE CONTEMPLATION
Author(s) -
Laughlin Charles D.,
McManus John,
D'Aquili Eugene G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1993.tb01025.x
Subject(s) - contemplation , meditation , consciousness , psychology , unitary state , cognitive science , psychophysiology , epistemology , cognitive psychology , philosophy , neuroscience , theology , political science , law
. This chapter extends biogenetic structural theory to a consideration of the biopsychological principles underlying higher phases of consciousness, particularly those attained by the systematic exploration of consciousness called contemplation. The concepts of psychic energy, flow, centeredness, energy circulation, and dreambody are explored as presented in various mystical traditions, and a model of the underlying neurophysiology is presented in terms of ergotropic‐trophotropic tuning. The psychophysiology of various forms of meditation together with emergent peak experiences is examined and integrated into the ergotropic‐trophotropic tuning model. Structural invariance of ergotropic‐trophotropic tuning as well as invariant aspects of contemplation across different cultures and associated with different symbol systems is considered. Finally the nature and implications of Void Consciousness, God Consciousness, or Abssolute Unitary Being are examined.